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Commodore 

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December 1990 

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The commodore 64/128 User's Guide 



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DECEMBER 1990 




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FEATURES 

20 How To Make $SS with Youn Commodore hy Lonmr lirvwn 

Learn how to lurn your toiii]>utiiig Mroag points into profit-making vciuurcs, 

24 1990 HouDAV Shopping Guide hyjnhn Rymi 

This holiday season, gei sotnt!thing(/i//>rcM/ lor the Commodore computer user in 
your life. 

*28 Shopping ran a House? hy Theodore Ynnnn 

Need to get ii loan to own the lionif of your dreams? Find out if you're qualified with 
this program lor the i.',-(r\ oi C'- 1 2H. 

34 Software ELixrn bs juhn Rsaii 

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40 The Power of the C-64 Press bt Boh Guerrn 

You, too, can sti»rt your own publishing empire, just like Malcolm Forbes did. All you 

need is the right desktop publishing program. 

*42 BEE 64 by Muhnrl lUbi'Uii 

Use these eight new connnaiids to remedy many ol the C-64's ROM editor problems. 



DEPARTMENTS 

6 RUNninc Ruminations 

Why the computer revolution fizzltHl. 
8 MACit: 

'Y\\t excbisiw iource of hints and tips for performing t^omnnKlore tompudng wizardry. 
12 News AND New Products 

Recent developments and releases in the world of (Commodore tompuling. 
14 MailRUN 

A 64-produced newsletter wins lirsi prize, and two independent developers of C:-64 

software and hardware recjuest reader feedback. 

16 StiFTWARE Gallery Rtvien's of: 

• Beyond the iilack Hole • The Came of Harmony • Pro Tennis Tour 

• Weird Dreatns • Maidstone Quest 

48 Hardware Gallery Revhw of: 

• llandyscanner 64 

"50 1 2 8 M DOB Av Mark Jorda n 

Draw a map of the world with your t;-!2S. 

52 PhoTips 

Use your software and hardware to best advantage by applying this moiuh's tips. 

53 G OLD M I N E f,v t.iiuii }■'. Sander 

Gaming tips for your favorite sotiware, including Bard's Tale III, Platoon and 
RoboCop. 

54 cedWatch by Tim Walsh 
CEOS and geoltasic explained. 

S8 Commodore Clinic by Eltm Huii- 

j\nswer.s to your <|uestions about Commodore computing. 
60 RUA/'sChei:k5um Program 

Run it right the first time. 
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RUNNING 

Ruminations 



You rciiU'inbcr those dreamy predictions of over a decade ago 
that dcpicietl a world in whicli computcrh were lo be tna- tonstaiit 
coHi[)aiiions in work, piay and study, and generally make otn- lives 
easier and iiiDre enjoyabie. 

Quite frankly, progiiD.stitatots were premature in their forecasts. 
The computer revolution flz/led. Most consumers are still in search 
of a compelling reason to buy a home computer. Let's face it: li 
may sound heretical, but there's nothing yon can do with a cimi- 
puter that can't be done .some other, cheaper, way. 

You don'i have to be a techiuiphobe to be ihreat- 
enecl by computers and the prosiject oi' purchasing 
<me. High costs, difiknlty of use and tlie many op- 
tions consumers face are inliinidatiug iactt>rs that 
account for the failure of computers to attain celeb- 
rity status. 

The main reason, however, is that the industry 
has failed to convince the public that compiuers 
will make a significant improvement in the ([tiality 
of their lives— in enterlaitimeitt, productivity, edu- 
cation. Oiusumers need to see that compiners can 
improve tbeii' efficiency and serve as the solution to 
practical ])roblems. 

Noted computer author, Peter McWilliams, in 
Thi Peminal Computer Bonk, makes the poitn that 
"comptHers will prove theii worth to tile degree /\ 

that they fii iulo your daily life, not to the degree " 

that you atlajn your life t(» The Computer Age." 

RUN doesn't recontmeml that readers change their lives to ac- 
commodate computers. Ralher, computers should be used to allow 
us more time to do other. noii-coiTipmer-related, activities. 

Computers are wonderful tools to make our lives easier. RUN 
readers are aware of this, antl, for the most part, are engaged in 
productive aj^plications with tlieir systems— word processing, manag- 
ing home budgets, helping kitls learn or just enjoying a gootl game. 

Another useful applicatitm lor your Ciommotlore is making 
nuHiey, which is the subject of this month's feature article. Ibeie 
are many ways you can "cash iti"— well, maybe not by making tons 
of money, but certainly by supplementing your income— and, at 
the same time, make hfe easier for your "client." 

Consider the .small business whose financial records are in a state 
of disarray. Also, tiie restaurant owner who needs help preparing 
menus. Yoin- Commodore is ihe solution in each ca.sc, Kee)nng 
track of cnstoniers, maintaining mailing lists, writing articles, pub- 
lishing newsletters, cards, banners or whatever. Your Commodore 
is ideally suited to handle these tasks. 

RUN also features in this issue a program, written by a profes- 
sional realtor, that will analyze the cost of home ownership and 
help you determine whether or nt>t you'll (jualify for a loan. A real- 
life situation that many have faced, and your Commodore can help. 

Freeing up people's time from otherwise complex or tedious 
tasks. 'I'hat's the promise of computers, .•\ntl as Umg as this message 
is muffled, the ct>mputer revolution will ctmtinuc to flounder. 



Computers 

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Qidckly find infoimation concerning memory locations and RAM, 
and create a shutter effect on your screen. 
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S5AC Text Into Graphics 64 

With my program, Text Inio Graphics 64, and the SYS 
49152 comniaiui, you can instantly copy an entire text screen 
to a graphics screen. 

Tile program reads eacli character on tlie text screen aiid 
its specific character data, and copies it to ttie graphics screen 
at memory locations 8192 to 16192. I've also included a 
demo routine lo show the characters before and after they're 
copied. 

REM COPY TEXT TO GRAPHICS 64 - JAY TAPLI 
N :REM*58 

1 i FORJ=491 52T049278:READA:POKEJ,A:NEXT:A$ 

=CHR$(13):B$=CHR$(147) :REM*237 

20 DATA 169,24,141,24,208,169,59,141,17,20 

8, 173, 14, 220, 41, 254, 141, 14, 220 :REM*1 48 
30 DATA 165,1,41,251,133,1,169,0,133,251,1 

3 3, 253, 1 69, 4, 133, 252, 169, 32,1 33 :REM*1 36 
40 DATA 254,160,0,169,0,133,76,177,251,133 

,75,24,6,75,38,76,6,75,38,76,6 :REM*42 
50 DATA 75,38,76,165,76,105,208,133,76,177 

,75,145,253,200,1 92,8,208,247 :REM*1 41 
60 DATA 24,155,253,105,8,133,253,165,254,1 

05, 0,1 33, 254, 24,1 65, 251, 105,1 :REM*38 
70 DATA 133,251,165,252,105,0,133,252,201, 

7,208,188,165,251 ,201 ,23 2,208 :REM*218 
80 DATA 182,165,1,9,4,133,1,173,14,220,9,1 

,141,14,220,96 :REM*78 

100 PRINTB$"CREATE TEXT FOR THE GRAPHICS S 
CREEN OH {2 SPACES} THE TEXT SCREEN "; 

:REM*254 
110 PRINT"AND WITH SYS 49152, IT{2 SPACEs} 
IS COPIED TO THE GRAPHICS SCREEN." 

:REM*61 

120 PRINTA$ASA$A$ :REM*140 

130 PRINTCHR$(145)" PRESS A KEY TO COPY SC 

REEN" : IFPEEK( 1 97 ) =64THEN1 30 :REM*1 1 

140 SYS4 9152:PRINTB$; :F0RJ=1T012 :REM*140 

1 50 print"pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 

pppppppp"; :next :rem*87 

—JavTaplin, Hampdkn. me 



S5AD Pause Button 64 

Pause Button fH is designed to pause the execution of any 
program at the press of a key— plus pause the output of a 
listing to a screen or printer! 

After typing in Pause Buiiou 64 and saving it to disk, run 
it to activate it. To pause any operation, press the Fl key. 
Pressing F! again resumes the operation. The program is 



relocatahle to any area in memory not occupied by another 
program. 

REM REM PAUSE BUTTON 64 - DOUG MCMARTIN 

: REM* 8 4 
10 FOR 1= TO 57:READ A:CK=CK+A: POKE 679+ 

I,A:NEXT :REM*232 

20 IF CK <> 6323 THEN PRINT"ERROR IN DATA, 

..":END :REM*175 

30 PRINTCHR$( 147) "PRESS Fl TO PAUSE S RESU 

ME.":SYS 712 :HEM*81 

40 DATA 32,228,255,201,133,208,7,32,228,25 

5,201,133,208,249,108,160,3 :REM*95 

50 DATA 234,120,173,160,3,141,20,3,173,161 

,3, 141, 21, 3, 88, 96, 173, 20, 3 :REM*4a 

60 DATA 141,160,3,173,21,3,141,161,3,120,1 

69,167,141,20,3,169,2,141,21 :REM*142 
70 DATA 3,88,96 :REM*245 

—Doug McMartin, Grf.en Village, NJ 



S5AE ZPager 64 

When using the FRE function {PRINT FRE{0)) to see how 
much free RAM is remaining on the C-64, you see a negative 
number. To alleviate this problem, I wrote ZPSger 64, Not 
only does it operate concurrently with most Basic programs, 
it also does a lot more than just report the actual amount of 
free RAM. 

Zi'ager works in both Direct and Program modes. After 
activating ZPager 64, entering SYS 820 gives you the follow- 
ing information concerning memory locations and RAM: 

TXTTAB— Stan of Basic text memory 
VARTAB — Beginning of Basic variables 
ARYTAB — Beginning of arrays 
STREND-Thc end of arrays* 1 
FRKTOP— llottom of siring memory 
FRKSrc; — L'tility string pointer 
MtMSlZ~Highe.st Basic address 
PREE— Amount of imused RAM remaining 



REM ZPAGER 
10 FOR T=820 

D;NEXT 
20 IF CK <> 

. . . " : END 
30 PRINTCHR$ 

TER SYS 8 
40 DATA 32,1 

2,114,3,1 
50 DATA 159, 

177,32,11 



64 - MICHAEL MYERS :REM*1ia 
TO 980: READ D:POKE T,D:CK=CK+ 

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14451 THEN PRINT"ERROR IN DATA 

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70 DATA 165,5 

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80 DATA 185,4 

69,13,32,2 
90 DATA 84,65 

,58,32,0,8 

100 DATA 32,0 

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3,0,17 
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5,66, 
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04,160,3,32, 
:REH*1 48 
8,160,3,32,3 
51 :REM*187 
32,205,189,1 
4 :REM*207 
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58 :REM*16 
8,58,32,0,70 
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7,69,77,83,7 
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:REM*1 55 



—Michael Myers, BEARDS-rowN, IL 



S5AF More 1581 Hidden Messages 

Magic trick $3HK in ific August/ScptenibL'f 1990 issue ai 
RUN revealed two liidden messages buried in the Com- 
modore 1581 disk drive's ROM. My prograiri, More 1581 
Messages, which works in hoth M and 128 modes, reveals 
diat there are three other messages at locations SDCOl, 
SDOOD and $1)549, respectively. The lust two messages arc 
a tribute (o the smaller size and increased elliciency of the 
ISSl's DOS. 

REM THREE MORE 1581 MESSAGES - HBNNING V 
AHLENKAMP :REM*36 

10 C=55:C$=CHR$(13):E$="{CRSR DN}":M$="M-R 
":OPEN 1,8, 15: REM CHANGE 8 TO DEVICE It 

:REM*138 
20 PRINT#1,M$ CI1R${1) CHR$(C*4) CHR$(C) 

:REM*150 
30 FOR 1=1 TO C:GET)^1 ,V$:M1$=M1$ + V$:NEXT 

:REM*99 
40 PRINTS!, M$ C$ CHR$(208) CHR$(49) 

:REM*183 
50 INPUTS!, M2$ :REM*166 

60 PRINT)^1,M$ CHR$(73) CHR$t213) CHR$(15> 

:REH*22 4 
70 INPUT/n,M3$ :REM*191 

80 PRINTE$ Ml$ C$ E$ M2$ C$ E$ M3$:REM*137 
90 CLOSEl :REM*93 

— Henning Vahlenkamp, Matawan, NJ 



$5B0 1571 Messages for the 64/128 

Ifyoii don't own a 1581 disk drive, you can still iind some 
hidden message.s within your 1571. My short l.'i71 Messages 
program reveals some information about the developers of 
this disk drive. The second message, a copyright, is present 
only in version 3 of the 1571 ROM chip. Drives c([iiipped 
with earlier versions of the ROM chip will not print the 
second nit'ssage. 

As with the above exam[)le, the !571 messages can be 
revealed from either 64 or 128 mode. 

REM 1571 SECRET MESSAGES - HENNING VAHLE 
NKAMP :REM*159 

10 CR$=CHR$(13) :M$="M-R":0PEN1 ,8,15 

:REM*222 



20 PRINTjif1,M$ CHR$(2)CHR$(128)CHR$(46) 

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40 GET#1 ,V$:M1$=M1$+V$:NEXT : REM* 2 5 

50 PRINT)yl,M$ CHR$(1 )CHR$(192)CHR${55) 

: REM* 3 2 
60 FOR 1=1 TO 55 :REM*4 

70 GET#1 ,V$:M2$=M2$+V$:NEXT :REM*109 

80 PRINT CR$ M1$ M2$: CLOSEl :REM*189 

—Henning Vahlenkamp. Maiawan, NJ 



S5B1 Color Shutter 64 

My program, Color Shutter 64, creates a shutter cfFea. 
When you run it, you'll see how the border and screen colors 
change at the press of a key. 

Rather than simply change colors, a small animation rou- 
tine "rolls" lines of color onto the screen, much like window 
shutters opening. The result is an elfect unlike any other 
you've seen on a C-64. Use it to add spice to otherwise duil 
programs. 

REM COLOR SHUTTER 64 - RICHARD PENN 

: REM* 57 
10 FOR T=918 TO 101 5: READ D:POKE T,D:CK=CK 

+D:NEXT:POKE 955,200 :REM*42 

20 IF CK014161 THENPRINT" ERROR IN DATA... 

":END :HEM*222 

30 DATA 32,241,183,142,252,3,32,241,183,14 

2,253,3,173,32,208,141 ,254,3 :REM*84 
40 DATA 173,33,208,141,255,3,169,0,141,14, 

220,17 3,18,208,201 ,0,208,249 :REM*194 
50 DATA 169,200,141,250,3,169,1,141,251,3, 

174,254,3,172,255,3,142,32 :REM*219 
60 DATA 208,140,33,208,174,250,3,234,202,2 

08,252,174,252,3,172,253,3,142 : REM*! 54 
70 DATA 32,208,140,33,208,174,251,3,234,20 

2,208,252,238,2 51,3,206,250,3 ;REM*64 
80 DATA 208,210,169,1,141,14,220,96 

: REM* 157 
90 PRINTCHR$(147)TAB( 6) "DYNAMIC SCREEN COL 

OR CHANGER" :REM*245 

100 PRINTTAB{12)"{2 CRSR DNs)BY RICHARD PE 
NN" :REM*0 

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: REM* 30 

120 SYS 918,0,0 

130 WAIT 198,1 :GETA$:X=X+2 : IF X>14 



140 SYS 918,X,X+1 :GOTO 130 



REM* 172 
THEN X= 
:REM*84 
REM*246 



—Richard Penn. Montreal, Quebec, Canada ■ 

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KKinvooi) CUT, C.\— Kpyx (I'O Box 
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California Ciames (\vilh such events as 
Skaiehoanlingand BMX Biking), World 
Games (whicli itichide.s Caher Tossing 
and Simici Wrestling), Sumnu'r Games II 
(with sjjoris like Kiiyakiiig ;in(i lent ing) 
and Winter tiames (Biathlon Skiing and 
Bobslcdding). 1 he package contains 28 
different events and is available for a lim- 
ited time only. $:(4.9ri. 

What Word Describes 
This Picture? 

SAN RvM'AKU Cv\— BRxlerbund Sotiiraiie 
(17 Paul Drive, San Rafael, GA 9-1'J03) 
has trleased tlie boaul giiine, Kctionary. 
for the C-64. The game is jslayed by 
dmwing (cither by computer or human) 
a ])ii ture on the screen, and then guess- 




Can you idontify Ctiis bird? Guessing is part 
of tha gamo in Pictianary. 

ing the woid it represents. One to Ibur 
players or two to four te;ims may play at 
one lime. 1 he package leiails for S29.95. 

Find the Prism of Hehuetotol 

SAN M.'VnXl. C:.\— In Quest muster. 
The Prism of Hehuetotol, you must find 
the crystal prism of Hehuetotol, a vital 
piet e that will help conijuer the evil lord 
Cohiar. Your adventure begins in a iii;ig- 
ical world, with over 1(10 original [lic- 
luix's and over ISO animated scenes. Of 
course, you must battle an assort mem of 
ierocitius foes an<l get hel]J from frientUy 
characters. It's available lor the G-l)4 for 
$34, !K"). Klectronic Arts, 182(1 Gateway 
Drive, San Mateo, CA 94404. 

A New PBS Series 

SAN RAlAKt.. c:.\— llioderbimd Soft- 
ware, \V(.;BH Boston and WQKD I'ilts- 
burgli are developing a game show for 
the i'uhlit Hioadciisling System based on 
Brodei bund's adventure dctecl ivc-cb;ise 
computer g;mie. Wlietr in the World Is 
Carmen Sandiego?. Tlie television pto- 
graiii is planned for national bioadciist 
on l*HS in the lall of 1991, ;is ;i Moiidiiy 
through I'Viday lialf-hoiir game sb<iw 
that will jiromote geogia])bi(al liter;icy. 

"1 bis is the first time a soliware char- 
aetei has been used as a basis for a tele- 
vision game program," said I'd .-Xuer, 
Broderbuml's president. "1 lie Clarineu 
.Sandiego scries fits naturally with pub- 



lic television 1 think ielevisi<m atidi- 

ences will feel challenged lo outguess the 
contestants." 

Three in-studio teams of ctm testa nts 
will race lo recover an exotic ircnsure 
swiped by the infamous C^armen San- 
diego, then tiy to capture Carmen her- 
self li) ferrt;t out Carmen and I he lout, 
the detective teams must compete by an- 
swering geography-related cjueslions 
and deducing locations liwm clues dis- 
closed on the electronic game board. 

Make Menus, Intros, etc. 

MI'.DFOIU), Oli— Acciifone Produc- 
tions (:i6 Myers Court, Medford, OR 
97.oOI) intiiKkices Screen-Pro, a screen 
and animation production system for the 
C^G4. W'ith it, you can creiite menus, dis- 
plays, intros. game backgrounds, car- 
toons, video credits, and so tm. The sys- 
lem's ni;my feaiun-s intlude the ability to 
create aniiiunion with up lo 34 successive 
scR-en frames or with ii[) lo 17 frames, 
using full-color and color mode combi- 
nations. S24.95. 

Joystick Stand 

WARWICK, UI— The Stik-Gripper To- 
tal Ct)ntrol .Stand is a three-piece ])lastic 
stand that you c;in mounl your joystick 
on and place on your chair Putting your 
legs over the base of the stand holds it in 
position, while your joystick is clamped 
in front of voti, right where you need it. 
It's available li>rS19.99. I)iiggaii DeZign 
Inc.. ;l(H) Quaker Line. Suite 7, Warwick, 
Rl ()2H8fi. 

C-1S8 Finances 

LII.UURN, f.A— Bremer Systems (4242 
Ci>Iiie Gouri, l.ilbtirn, GA :U)247), a newly 
formed conijiany dedicated to the devel- 
opment of C-)2.S soliware, inirodnces 
System 6, ;i complete system lor ihe man- 
agement ami contiul of personal finances. 
Tile HU-coItimn, totally menu-driven ]>io- 
gram balances all accounts, lets you liiid- 
gct e\penses and loRxast income, and ati- 
toniatically [icrforins all accounting 
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Mail RUN 



A 64-produced newsletter wins first prize. And, C-64 
software to match power of PC software'^ 



Blowing Away 
The Competition 

We publish the official newsletter of 
the Natlotiai Association of Rocketry, 
Uc:Ki([u;irters Asiro-Mocieliiig, ZOG 
t'orly-Three . It is written nn a C-64, using 
GKOS 2.0. geot'ublish and a l.VU-II 
disk drive. The muster copy oftlie news- 
letter is printed out from a Star Mi- 
cronics NX-IOOOC printer. 

Our newsletter was lecendy selected 
by the National Assixiation of Rocketry 
to receive the Rockwell International 
Trophy fiir best newsletter Rir the 1989- 
1990 contest year. 7.0G was up against 
newsletters from across the country. 
Many were published on IBMs, Apples 
and other brands of computers. Some 
were printed on laser printers, some 
used ofl'set printing. Yet, with all of thi.s, 
we came out on lop. [ diitik tins says a 
lot about our little computer. 

— Roiii'.R'r VV. AUSIIN 
WASltlNCnDN. DC 

The C-G4 AND THE Genlock 

I am an independent video consultant 
who designs video eciuipment. Recently, 
a customer asked me to design an irUer- 
lace-genl(M:k box (a device f()r captining 
images) for the (HC. For the customer's 
application, this made more sense than 
an Amiga with genlock. I completed the 
original prototype to my customer's 
specificatiiins and later added \'CR in- 
put with overlay rap;«l)iUty. 

I am considering ofTering the r)4C 
inlerlate-genlotk box as a product. Ii 
would hiive to sell for about S700 built 
and tested, or alxmi S400 as a kit. 

Mowevcr, first 1 need some marketing 
input fnmi your readers concerning the 
following: Does anyone else have a need 
to obtain legal, broadcastable NTSC 
video from the <)4? Is there a need to 
synchronously mix the ()4's output with 
other video .s< nines? Is ibis product al- 
ready available elsewhere? Aside fi"om 
current compiUer prices, are there any 
other advantages of a 64 with genlock 
over an Amiga with genlock? 

I'd appreciate any comments. Read- 



ers can write to me at 9100 West (ivans 
Creek Rd., Rouge River, OR 97ri:i7, or 
phone me at 503-582-4137. 

— Bill IIerzog 
Roc.uk Rivkk, or 

Matching PC Power 

Clive Electronics has decided to re- 
establish interest in the C-64 by devel- 
oping a new line of software that will 
include word processing, desktop pub- 
lishing, spreadslieet and database ])ro- 
grams that match the power found mily 
on software for lliM-cumpatible PCs. 

The software will be designed for use 
with a hard drive, accelerator tan ridge 
and the 5r2K expansion unit. To help 
us make decisions on features to incor- 
porate in the software, we would like 
your readers to drop us a line at Clive 
Electnmics, iiO;i6 :i4ih .'\ve. ,S., Minne- 
apolis, MN r..f,40()-l7(W. We cannot, 
however, answer individual letters. 

—Kenneth Clive 
Minneapolis, MN 

Commodore Cljnic Boo-Boos 

In your answer to Evelyn Habineau's 
question in Commodore Clinic (HUN, 
June/July 1990) about ])rodiK:ing a 
newsletter on the C-(»4, Kllen Rule 
stated that she should start stnall ami 
paste pictures on a newsletter printed 
with a word processor. This is insane! 
/\s my college computer. science inslriit- 
tor is fond ol' saying, "Don't reinvent 
the wheel." To tell her to do something 
this lU'imitive mi a ()4 is absolutely lu- 
dicrous, because Springboard Soil ware 
produced a liibulous program ii)r mak- 
ing magnificent newsletters complete 
with graphics. 1 t's called Newsroom and 
was a best-seller. So, please do some 
research for these novices instead of 
telling thejn to start snnill. 

—Jon Bkckmon 
Jkromh, id 

The two publishing pmgratns we men- 
tioned, Pa f>f rClip I'll htish framl gen P u hlish , 
are much mitre readily uvailable than is 
Newsroom. Hoivnm; you're absolutely cor- 



rect. New.'iroom isju.'it what this user neech^ 
if she can find it. At least one major mail 
order company has ii advertised as a bargain- 
basement special, 

—Editors 

Jitn Timberlake of But Myers asked 
Commodore Clinic (March 1990) how 
to merge datafiles. The method you 
suggest is a generic process that works 
with many sequential files but will not 
work with datafiles, because the first 
held in the merged datafile will show 
an incorrect number f(>r the total pos- 
sible records in the file, and the third 
field will not show the correct number 
of records in the merged file, 

A better answer is to use DKMerge, 
which was written by Mike Konshak, 
the author of Datafile, who also wrote 
a number of companion ])rograms that 
(un be used to manipulate datafiles in 
various ways. 

1 use Datafile and its companion pro- 
grams constantly, and have found it, 
along with RUN Calc, to be the ideal 
combination for all my home finance 
recordkeeping. 

—Si IjUtAR 

Bethlehem. PA 
5. A.M. Speaks 

I was a ventriloquist for three years, 
but swollen joints and tendon problems 
stopped me from going any hirther. 

I am currently trying to find a Soft- 
ware Automatic Mouth (S.A.M.) pro- 
gram that I can iise<m my t:-64 to speak 
words, speeches, sentences, songs, 
games and other programs, and to 
change voices. By mixing the comput- 
er's voices and my ventrilo<]uia! expe- 
rience, I feel that I can help children 
through storytelling on cassettes. 

—David Si'Atii.DiNr. 
MARnvi'i'A. NY 

We suggest that you contact HtLiy Hee 
Software (PO Box 2959, Lompoc, CA 
93438) for a copy of their BB Talker pro- 
gram, ifhich includes S.A.M, 

— Ediiurs ■ 



14 RUN ■ PECE.MIiER 1990 




In our previous ads you saw the 
great comments that versions 1, 2 



and 3 of SUPER SNAPSHOT 
received from various North 
American reviewers. And with V4 
it was more of the same except 
the comments took on an 
international tone. For example.... 

"...a joy to work with I highly 

recommend it." 

Eric Hoyroyd, Sept., 1989 
Australian Commodore and Amiga 
Review 

"I personally liked the facilities 
that Super Snapshot gave me, and 
will no doubt use it regularly." 

SGarton, April 1989 

YOUR COMMODORE (England) 

"This cartridge just keeps getting 
better with every release. There's 
nothing else that can even touch 
!t." 

INFO Marcii/April 1989 

We were happy to receive such 
acclaim; but YOU wanted more. So 
much more that the memory required 
far exceeded any of the current 
cartridges available. 

To us at LMS, the solution was 
obvious...we had \b double the 
memory of our cartridge. This meant 
a whole ne.w hardware design. That's 
right. SUPER SNAPSHOT now 
contains an incredible 64K rom and 
8K ram combination. NO OTHER 
CARTRIDGE IN THE WORLD 
-OFFERS THIS MUCH POWER! 

Buying 2 or 3 competitive cartridges 
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can even add sound to your custom slide- 
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► Save 7x faster and load 15x faster 
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December brings reviews to fulfill the Christmas loish lists of 128 owners, 
3-D fans, dream analyzers and more! 
By BETH S. JALA 



Beyond the Black Hole A 

3-D Comes to the 
Computer Screen 

Just when yon thought you'd seen 
your last Breakout clone, along comes 
Beyond the lM;ick Hole to prove, once 
agahi, that ati old dog can be taught 
new tricks. 

Unlike nidst other hit-the-brick 
games, which have a hori/.ontally mov- 
ing |)a(l<lle oil tlie bottom oi'ilie screen 
willi the bricks on top, BTBII employs 
two vertically moving paddles, one on 
each side, with the targets in the center. 

'I'he ball is a sfiace orb used to map 
and investigate a quadrant of the gal- 
axy. Ccmstantly moving from side to 
side, its direction is <ietermined by the 
angle at which it hits the paddle. When 
the orb hovers over an object, pressing 
the joystick button eliminates a "brick" 
or efJects some cliange upon it. 

The center of die screen represents 
the Black Hole. In the 35 game levels, 
yon' II discover a remarkable array of 
"bricks"— everything from killer to- 
matoes to bagels and lox. To complete 
wmv screens, you must eliminate all 
the olijecis, while other screens contain 
a puzzle to solve. 

The program, I'm happy to say, con- 
tains both a save game and continue 
game fcaiure. which makes it possible 
for you to complete most— if not all— 
o( I lie levels. 

fuel runs ilown rapidly if the oi b gets 
pas! a paddir and flies ofl' the side of 
the screen or if a hiel pirate captures 
you. Successfully evading these star-like 
nemeses earns you a second orb. Un- 
fontmately, maneuvering two orbs for 
more than a few seconds is virtually 
impossible. 

\-\>r additional fuel, you must travel 
to the fuel depot and fly into one of the 
fuel pods, which is no easy task. Also, 
a lill-np costs 1000 credits and causes 
yovu- paddles to shrink. 

The paddles are controlled quite re- 
sfjonsively by joystick, keyboard or 
mouse. Options, such as traveling io the 




fuel depot or pausing the game, are 
accessed easily via keyboard. 

By constantly keeping the orb moving 
and changing size, the authors have cre- 
ated a 3-D efiect. In fact, 3-D glasses, 
although not essential to play, are pro- 
vided to enhance your viewing pleasure. 

.Viioiberjisset is a well-written booklet 
that includes scientific information 
about 3-D— its use in still photography. 



Report Card 

A Suporb! 

An exceptional program that out- 
shities ill] utiiers. 

B Good. 

One of the better programs available 
111 Ik category. A worthy addition to 
your software library. 

C Average. 

Lives np to its billing. No major has- 
sles or disappointments here. 

Poor. 

Til is [jrograni has some problems. 
Ttiere arc better on the market. 

E Failure. 

Many pioblcms; should be 
(icep-sixed! 



Talie a laak at leval ana 
of Baynnd tha Black 
Hole: Can yau iriaks It 
eaSS? 



motion pictures and comics— and clas- 
sic 3-D photos, which can be viewed 
through a set of 3-D reading glasses 
(also furnished). 

With new design elements, challeng- 
ing atid varied game play and excellent 
documentalion, the makers of Beyond 
the Black Hole have taken something 
very old and, out of that, fashioned 
something very new. (The Software Tool' 
works, 60 Leveroni Court, Nova to, CA 
94949. C'64/$29.95.) 

— Len Pocgwli 
Syracuse. N'V 



Weird Dreams B + 

Try Interpreting 
This Dream! 

l^rhaps the best way to describe 
Weird Dreams is to say that it is the 
product of a fevered imagination. Still, 
that only bints at the game's absurdities 
and doesn't reveal any of its wit and 
charm. Furthermore, that might not 
cause you to rush out and purchase this 
game, which is .something you should 
dt), posthaste. 

Weird Dreams is a British import that 
amply demonstrates the differences be- 
tween British and American humor. 
The action is of lifi^ and death impor- 
tance, but the course through which 
you must navigate is odd, even by Brit- 
ish standards. 

A lot of the preliminary action takes 



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SOFTWARE GALLERY 



place in the well-wrilten novella that 
accompanies the game. The real action, 
howcvcf, stalls vvheji you hoot tlu* j^anie 
and find yourself, in your pj's, ti a|)])ed 
at the bottom of a huge cotton candy 
machine. If you manage to escape, 
you'll be attacked by a giant killer hee. 
And if you get past the bee, you'll land 
in a house ofmirrots that leads you to 
a desert (complete with Hying fish), a 
rose garden (with man-eating roses), or 
back ituo the cotton candy machine. 

Fear not, however, For yfui're pro- 
vided with weapons: a slick, an electric 
eei or one of those fiying fish. You'll also 
be menaced by quicksand, tw«)-legged 
totems, huge Easier Island-like heads, 
a ballerina and an enormous brain with 
one eye. In addition, you nuisi wetui 
your way througli an oversi/ed [>iaru), 
grandfather clock, the iairgrounds, a 
swamp and the aforementioned desert. 
That's just for starters! 

A clue book is provided with the soft- 
ware. Each clue has a dollar amoimt 
attached to it, and yim are honor-bound 
to keep track of how much you spend 
in your attempt to survive this Journey. 
Upon completion of the game, you add 
up the dollar auumnts to determine the 
degree of your psychosis. The outcome 
can range from "Hopelessly well-ad- 
ju.sted" (SO-S.tO) to ".Shock treatments 
mandatory. Could you please pay y<uir 
bill in advance?" ($9% and up). 

If all this soinids just a itiite hi/arre, 
it certainly is, hut keep in mind the title 
of this madcap litde jaunt through the 
id. OfOjeat does not begin to describe 
this British import, and 1 gtiarantee 
that you'll feel more than just a tad silly 
thrashing the head-biting totems with 
a fish. Still, it's all in good fun, and the 
life yott .save will he your own. So don't 
wah, pick this one up, and have a VVeir<l 
Dream of your own. (Micro Play; dutrib- 
uled by MkroFrose Software, 180 Ijakefnml 
Drive, Ihtnl Valley, MD 21030. C-641 
$29.95.} 

—Boil .St)ii\i«) 
FAiKitr.i.t). C'V 



The Game OF Harmony B + 

Remaming Calm is the 
Challenge of This 
New Age Arcade Gavie 

The Game of Harmony is reminiscent 
of many early arcade games. It's easy 
to learn, difTicult to master and won- 
derfully addictive. \Vhere I larmony dif- 
fers from the other arcade otlerings. 



however, is in its nonviolent approach. 
Instead of recklessly blasting away at 
your enemies with a laser |]istol, your 
goal ill 1 larmony is to clear each .screen 
by bringing similarly colored Uoaiing 
spheres together. As the spheres dis- 
appear, they create synergy and help to 
"harmuni/e" the current level. 

Each of Harmony's .50 levels piesents 
a different ctinligiii.ilioii of pulsating 
■Sphei es for you to harmoni/e. Von push 
the colored spheres around with your 
own jriystick-totitrolled sphere, called a 
seeker, "fbc seeker is a lot like an un- 




Try CO "liarmsnize" this level in Ttie Came of 
Harmony. 

armed version of the spaceship from 
the arcade favorite. Asteroids. 

As you play Harmony, the rate at 
which the colored spheres puls;ite in- 
creases. If they're not harmoni/.ed 
within a short time, they explode and, 
in the process, drain energy from your 
seeker, 'lo complicate matters, dissim- 
ilar spheres are often tied to one an- 
other or to your .seeker by elastit 
connectors. In addition, many levels 
have colorful barriers thai must lie cir- 
cumnavigated. Fortunately, ail sphei es, 
including yoiu' seeker, can leave one 
side i)f the screen and wrap to the op- 
])osite side. 

II ringing dillerent colored spheres 
together creates small sjiheres called 
pods which can he gobbled up wiih yonr 
seekei' to increase its energy supply. If 
you liiil to reach the pods in lime, they 
grovv into full-si/e splieres, which must 
be harmonized in the usual manner. 

Thus, while it's usually a bad idea to 
push (iissimikir sf»heres into one another, 
sometimes you i an rack up a lot of ])oiuts 
and maintain it healthy energy supply by 
creating as many pods as possible and 
gobbling ihem as fast as you can. 

Harmony can be played by one or 
two players using joysticks, the key- 
board or some combination of the two. 
In the Two-l'layer mode, each player 
cotitrols his own seeker and must co- 



operate with his partner to harmonize 
the level. 

For those of you who have enough 
pressure in your lives. Harmony even 
offers a Mantra mode which lets you 
casually work your way through all 50 
levels with no time limits or energy sup- 
plies to worry about, and spheres that 
are just loo pooped to pulsate. (Accolade, 
550 S. IVhichester Blvd.. Suile 200, San 
Jose, CA 95128. C-64/$29.95.) 

— Bob Guerra 
Chari-ESTOWN. MA 



Maidstone Quest B 

Here's an Exclusive 
Graphic Adventure 
For 128 Owners 

Maidstone Quest is that rarest of com- 
modities— a game designed specifically 
for the t)i>mnuK!ore 1'28D or for the 
earlier CM 28 widi I'eiK R-AM upgrade. 
In addition, it was written in Basic 8 
and may be viewed only on an 80-col- 
umn RGB color monitor. 

While it was courageous of Silvasoft 
to market a product whose hardware 
ret|uiremenis will limit sales, the game 
itself is standard fare. Billed as an ani- 
mated graphic adventure, Maidstone 
Quest sends yon through 28 levels of 
danger in search of an evil necromancer 
and the stone he has purloined. 

As you journey forth, you'll discover 
weapons, keys, scrolls, secret messages, 
potions and gold. You'll also encounter 
heljjf'ul and bloodthirsty creatures. The 
iininer will supply iniormatitin in re- 
turn for a reward, while the latter will 
do their best to kill you. 

I)is]iafching most of ytmr foes is an 
easy matter, assuming you have v\'eap- 
ons available in your inventory. You 
sini[)ly select Fight from ihe menu and 
choose either a kuiic^a^^or sword. Then 
you sit back and watch as Rodney, your 
on-screen figure, does the dirty deed. 
VVitlionl the proper weapon, you suffer 
defeat and the loss of health points or 
your life. 

Many obstacles won't be overcome by 
brute force. There arc doors and chests 
to unlock, spells to cast and ancient 
runes to decipher. Some pr(jblems may 
be solved only by combining certain 
items in the proper order. 

Most commands arc chosen by joy- 
stick or mtjuse. Selecting the appropri- 
aie direction on your on-screen 
compass anci pressing the joystick or 
nuHise button moves your character. 



18 RUN- DKCK.MllKK 19H0 



SOFTWARE GALLERY 



Other options, including Search, Ex- 
amine, Drop, Take and Spellcast ;irc 
accessed from a pair of scrolls, often in 
combination with an object from the 
inventory area. You can save to disk ;is 
many as ten games in progress. 

The musical score is melodic and 
evokes the atmosphere of the game's 
medieval, cavernous setting. Graphics 
are distinct and varied, and animation 
is smooth and nicely paced. To the au- 
thor's credit, the game plays more like 
a machine latiguage program than one 
written in Basic. 

Despite the mundane theme and the 
rudimentary nature of combat, Maid- 
stone Quest will provide adventure lov- 
ers with many hours of enjoyment map- 
ping its extensive world, searching for 
treasure and discovering solutions to 
problems. Silvasoft's maiden quest on 
the C-128 was worth the effort. (Silva- 
sofi, PO BoK 1006, Charlotte, VT 05445. 
C-64/$25 plus $3.50 shipping and 
handling.) 

— LKN POGGlAI.l 

Syracuse. NY 



A T 



GLANCE 



Pro Tennis Tour C- 

CailingProTennis Tour the "ultimate 
tennis simulation" goes beyond the 
bounds of industry hyperbole. Unfor- 
tunately, the game is more notable for 
what it lacks than for what it conlains. 

Gone are the player and rank editors, 
the table of match results, the instant 
replays and the titne penalties— all 
listed in the manual but missing from 
the C-64 versitm. The most critical omis- 
sion is the lack of a save/load option: To 
complete this lour in one sitting re- 
quires ati enormous time [ommiiinent. 

I'm I'ennis' music and soimd efiects 
are minimal. Animation is graceful, but 
the graphics are unclear, .^gainst the 
ccmiputer, you control the player in the 
Ibregroimd, hut unlike many similar 
programs, players don't switch sides be- 
tween games. 

You execute most shots, including the 
net shot, volley and ciown-t he-line shot, 



by correctly positioning your player 
and pressing the firebutton. Smashes 
and lobs require joystick movement 
after the buttoti is pushed. Because of 
the speet! at which the computer op- 
ponent hits the ball, it will take some 
lime before most hiunan players are 
able to set up these returns successfully. 

Your computer opponents all play a 
similar game within each difficulty level. 
Also, despite reports to the contrary, it 
is easy to ace on nearly every serve. 
Ex[)loiting this programming flaw 
makes victory possible, even against the 
most formidable adversary. 

M a back-and-forth test of hand-eye 
coordination, this game serves nicely. 
As an "ultimate teimis simulation," how- 
ever. Pro Tennis Tour doesn't even 
clear the net. (UBI Soft; d^lrihuted by 
Electronic Arts, IS20 Crttcway Drive, San 
Mateo. CA 94404. C-64/$29.95.) 

— LEN POGGIAIJ ■ 





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WITH YOUR 

COMMODORE 




INSIDE FAER^' COMMODORK tiieru aie gicenbacks 
longing to be iVec. (>ettiiig thurii out requires some 
tlioiiglu and wink, bin over the yeiirs, youiconipitier sys- 
teni can |iay |);iit, or even all, ofiis 
eosi — and ilien Mime. 

If you want kj gencraie some 
e;isliu'itii vour loiiijjuK'i; tlon'l sci 
yom- goals icm high, or you'll 
(juickly be discouraged. Tlieie's a 
difieieiM e beiwcen making a liv- 
ing and earning exna spending 
money. Wm migbt niakt enongli 
to buy ;i nt-w |»rof;ratn <jra ^eeniid 
disk dii\e, l)ni ii's unlikely you'll 
COVIN- Li mortgage paymuiil on 
your [irsi iiy. 

To tome up with an ide;i for 
making money uitli your < oinput- 
er. think about uhat yon like (odo 
with it. What aie yonreomputing 
strong ])oims? Do yon knoiv how 
to fix tiHiipuiers? Or are yciu bet- 
ter at nsing them? Can yon teach 
others to use a computer? 

Tell Me About It 

■|{i .some, the Cotnmodoie op- 
erating system is tricky to leatii 
and use. Il'yoii'ie an ex[)erieiRe(i 
user, yon migbt be able to sell 
your knowledge lo otliers so thev 
can use ibeir computer to the fullest. li you want to help 
new users, you tnight print ttp leallets that describe your 
aching olTeiings ami ask your loi al CioDiniodoiie dealer 
you could leave them at the stoie ;ts handouts. 
rro>])e(tive stndems can also be I'cumd al the nearest 
iimnodoif users' grotip. Most gtoii]) members atx.'will- 
)g to provide hte advice to tiovices, biil some new users 
e gliid to pay for private or semijmvate lessons. 

A Fix 

Randall I.ipliam, past president of a Coimnodore 




"I keep a )nailing list far a mail 

order company, hi exchange... 

I get merchandise from 

the company. " 



users' grouf) in cential I'lorida, said lie's made a few dol- 
lars by picking up computers at secotid-hand shops or 
Iwrgain stoies. .Alter he's cleaned or hxcd them, he sells 
them lor a profit. (Ueanitig is im- 
portant, be noted, becavise "you 
don't get to|) dollai lot a dirty 
coiirputer." 

.'Vmaleiii radio and electronics 
Ilea markets are another souix:e of 
used nuichine.s. "These arc also 
good places to find low prices on 
cast-oirsol'tware," added l.ipham, 
"What's cast off by one user is ati- 
other itser's lind. lb a new user, 
old software is new," 

Following Orders 

Trading goods for sen'ices is just 
as good as tnaking money for 
I'.llen Rule, one of /f('A''s con- 
tributing editors. "I make money 
with my Clommodoie by using it 
lor liitielatKe writing," Rule saicl. "1 
also keep a mailing list lot a mail 
order company. In exchange i'or 
doitig that, 1 get merchandise 
liom the company." 



Geti'ing With the Program 

Tlie itn[)(Htant thing is li) kiH)w 
what selling jininls you can olfer 
with your knowledge of the (iinipnter, 

Mai kjordan, a writer and ]}n>gi-a]iimef who developed 
the Hiainstotni outline pnicessor forthe t'ommtxlotie sev- 
eral years ago, said tlie pnjgranntnttg tnarket i'or the 
Ooimnodore is still theie. "It's jioi like it was when rales 
oftheC-ti-l wetvat tiieir ])eak," he said, "but Ujadstaraiid 
other disk seiA'ices are still looking liir good programs." 

joiciat) said |)i<ignutnneis can tnake money if ibey 
keej) an eye open hir ])otential customers. The trick here 
is that not all potemial customers know they need a pn>- 
grammcr, A tnan who laid ottt and painted lane marks 



Make your Commodom earn its keep, and earn some 
extra cash for yourself. 

By LONNIE BROWN 



for track events was one such person, Joixian noted. "Fig- 
uring out those marks is ;i jiretty coniplinilLcl process, 
and one teenager developed w projjrjun to do all ihe 
math involved. It was a simple 
priJ^^niin, )]Ut it saved the tufiti 
who [)aitUe(l the hmes anc! starting 
markers a lot of time." 

The nice thing about a Com- 
modore is tiiat it's relatively inex- 
pensive. (At one store, a t;-04C 
and disk drive were prit ed at un- 
der $,'iOO,) So, if ynn develop an 
a|iplieaiioo that rails for a i:otn- 
puier, the C-tvl is an ohvions 
choice. With its user port and an 
interlace, the Commodore tan be 
programmed to nni etjuipment, 
monitor teiiiperatines. switch 
lights on or olf aial do other tasks. 



On the Desktop 

Money-generating Jobs aie in 
lots ofplace.s, if yoo just look lor 
them, GKOS and its iiunily of pro- 
grams can assist you in a wide 
raiif^e of possibiiiiies in ihe desk- 
to|) publishing field. CKOS-creat- 
ed tlocuments can he printed on 
a laser printer fur high-qualit)' 
results. 

"Ihe C-fi-t is doing things peo- 
ple iievei imagined it eotild do," said I'aul Ihighes. Paul 
and brother Ftter an- QiiantumLink SYSOt's who keep 
looking for the outside of the Commotlore envelope — 
hul lievei' seem to find il. 

Paul noled that (d'.O.S [nognuns let the Coimnodorc 
support Ibstscript fonts: "When people see the finished 
[)i-odiiti. ihey say, 'Voti did iliat on a Macintosh or IBM, 
difin'i von?' " 

Ihe desktop publisliin^ doors arc open. Rtstaiirants 
might he interested in a seivice diat j>i-ovides nicely print- 
ed thRX'-by-five cards listing daily specials, lo replace the 




"When people see the finished 

product, they say, 'You did 

that on a Macintosli or 

IliM, didn't your" 



handwritten menu notes frequently used to IcI! customers 
a!)out the chef ".s olierings. CEOS ran e.isilv tiini out the 
cauls— or a redesigned menu. .Showing a restaurant owner 

a sample ofa retvorked menu could 

lead to a .sale. 

Thk Old College Try 

While a large number of high 
school and college students use 
computers to ptxxluce their term 
pajiers, many still thm't. Or they 
don'i have die lime to type from 
lhi:ii' rough, handwritten notes. A 
ty|)ing sei-V'ite, advertised on cam- 
pus bulletin boards, is another way 
of bringing in some income. 

"I do a lot of i)ping for pi-ofes- 
sors," one woman who nms a t\'|>- 
ing senicc said. "Many ]>ixifessois 
I know don't wani lo learn how to 
use a cotn])ulei. oi they want the 
time lo dr> reseairh inslead." 

I'ypitig seI^ ices i an also provide 
additional hel]J for peo[)le who 
can type, but who (Um't have ac- 
cess to hig!i-i|uality (>rinters or 
tyjjcfaces for producing ifsumes. 
One of ihe best programs for cre- 
ating nice-looking lestimes is 
Xetec's Foiitmasler. li's ideal for 
producing high-(|uality fonts in 
various sizes. Tliose typefaces can really imptxn'c the re- 
sumes, term papers and other work wheiv l)oth content 
and appearance couni. 

RliSEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

YtHir Commodore computer tan help with tieseatih 
work, too. In the time it takes to find a l«H»k in a libraiT, a 
tompuiei can conned to an online senite. seairh out ar- 
ticles mentioning a spei iiic subject, liownload the material 
and send it to a printer. Starting a reseaich sen'ice is an- 
other way to make your computer system pay for itself i 




'I'lic Foiiiniaster program iiiciitioned above (;ivailable 
(or hot)) the C-64 and 128) is also good for (ievelopiiig 
foiitis and invoiees lor IniNinesscs. In addiiitm, CJEOS 
[jaiiii [>r(jgraiiis can mm (Hit ])n>('es.sioi)al-lonking Ibniis 
lliar ( :iii l)f jjiiiited on a la^cr [iriiUcr. 

nevclopirrgiipplicaiions lor ( JKOS is atiothcr possible 
sourer of revt'oue. Massacliusetts jirognuninur )oe lirick- 
ley has built up a small, one-man company by developing 
GKOS uiihiy programs. And Atii^ona's Susan l.arnb is 
noted iiir ihe flisks ofCiKOS thp art she's treated. 

No Nkws is Bad News 

I'liodiicing a regular newsletter for your cliiirrh or club 
is a money-making possibility. Somegruufis still depend 
on a typewriter and topy machine to make their newslet- 
ters, and tbe Cammoilore can 
make an improvement on those. 
Ol course, nmipixifit oi-gani/ations 
may not be willing to pay more 
dian e.vf»enses, e.xt)ecting you to 
vohmteer yoitr sen' ices. 

li they're willing to pay, fine. 
That's how money is made. Re- 
member: When you're trying to 
make istoiiey with yonr rom[)nter, 
the only things yon have lo sell are 
your time and your tjilent. Ciive ei- 
ther awav, antl you lose money. 

The Personal Touch 

Russell Shaipe sells his lime so 
others catr save theirs. "I make 
canis. bam lets, posters and any- 
thing else my callers w;nii," said 
Sliarpe, who lives near .\llanta. "I 
use !iigh-([uahty colored pajjer 
a:id coloied ribbons to turn nnt at- 
Iiactive llnisbed proditcis. Sure, 
they're done on a computer, but 
my work is personalized. ".A birth- 
day canl has the recipient's name 
ami age 01 other personal iu- 
rormatinn piittied on it, he added, "It's something none 
ol'the big gieeting caid companies can do. Ihat's the ap- 
])eal of it." 

Take a Chance on It 

Keeping lottery information in spreadsheet hirm chh 
come in bandy. Itople uill buy lists of past winning mim- 
!)ers or compilations of "hot" or "cold" nnmlier lists. Sev- 
eral jnugrams are available for the t^onnnodore to keep 
track ol past winning nmnlier setsatid pnijett which ntiin- 
bers aic "due" for a hit. I'sc a desktop publishing pro- 
gram lo give a polislied look to the listings. A clerk at a 
loitciy otttlet may be willing to help sell the Imished tip 
sheets. 

Tax Yourself 

IV'ople always need hi'l]) with taxes. Sometimes, it's 
best that they seek advice lium a prolcssinnal, but they 
night neeti some assistance in finding a priigr,un that 
can help them do their taxes. Or they might need help 
in learning how 10 use one, 

A few months before the .April 15th filing deadline 
would Ix' a good lime to offer a I'reelance article 10 a mag- 




Hirihday cards can be personalized 

(o incluete the recipient 's name, 

age and other personal 

injhrmation. 



a/.ine or the local ne\vs]japer on what's available lor tax 
preparation. 

If'you tloii't want to do taxes, you might want to design 
spreadsheets for keeping track of income and expenses 
during the year. Many accountants chatge by the hour 
for tax fireparation, and it's (|uicker tor them to search 
a spreadsheet lor figures than it is lor them to dig 
through a shoe box filled with leteipts. A vvell-oigani/cd 
spreadsheet can save money Kven if you don't convince 
others 10 use your product, you should be able to shave 
some od'yoiir lax bill ihitjugh good recoixlkeefiing. 

GAH.VGK Game Room 

As mentionetl earlier, time is valuable. One inventive 
(some might say "Scrooge-like") Conimodene owner 
charges neighborhood kids 25 
cents an hour lor use of the com- 
puter. After all, not all the great 
games in the world are available 
for die television game machines 
that some computer owners sneer- 
ingly call "lobotomi/ed eomptn- 
ers." So the kids gladly pav (costs 
less til an an arcade machine), and 
when the end of the mouth rolls 
around, theiv's money in the till to 
buy a new computer game — and 
renew the attraction to visit the 
garage/computer room and pay for 
the privilege. 

Spread the Word 

riie Hughes brothers (those 
Gr.OS mavens mentioned earliei) 
say that the biggest znoiu-ymakei' 
you can [lurchase for a (^om- 
inodotx- is a wmd processor, "Ciet a 
good one," advised Paul Hughes. 
"You can do a lot with a word pro- 
cessor, snch as write an artii le for a 
computer magazine or do some 
typing. 1 he main way to make 
money with a Commodoix' is to jjerform a needed se!"vice 
hir soineoiie else." 

I le added that if vou're woi king for someone who has 
an IBM-cmnpatible comjniter, programs like liig Ulne 
Reader can transfer text files liom C-64 to IHM format. 
Those word processors can really come in handy, 
Roheit M. Mayo of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, recently 
wrote to say that he uses a word processor as a dataflle 
for kee[)iiig genealogy- records. "It doesn't restrict me to 
fixed-diineiision fields, and In using the .Seanh hinction, 
I can i|iiickly fmd any item that's in the lile." Mayo also 
earned $.") for sending his word processm tip in RUN'a 
Pro rips column. 

As I said, you might not gel rich using your Com- 
modore, but if you keep at it, the computer can pay its 
own wa): ■ 

Edilor'.t mile: We'K surr lluil itmv nrv ptmty nj RL'S n-ti/leis 
iikikiiifr >ii(»ii'\ liy emphiyixg tlirir Cimtmiuhim in imiftitiw' 
ways, tj ymi're o»e of them, jiv'd liki' tit linn rf mm yon. 

Limnie Hnmm uses bis Cummodow to make extra cash byfm- 
ijitenlly nmlrihuting articles and nnjiews to RUN, 






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ycai; "What do I buy for the Ctim- 
modore user who has everything?" 

The C-64 is approaching its eighth 
birthday, and most users alrc;idy have 
monitors, fJiiiiters, modems, addi- 
tional disk (hives and slielves bulging 
with applications and game programs. 
Hut there is hope for the gift giver. Fbl- 
lovviiig is a list of nifty gifts you can give 
to the compuierist who has "every- 
thing." Some ol these gifts may seem a 
bit uniraditional, but remem!)er that 
innovation i.s the key to gift giving. I've 



grouped tlie ideas according to price, 
fioiii stocking stulfer.s to those that fit 
under tlie tree. Refer to Table 1 for the 
mamilaciurers' addresses. 

Stocking Stuffers— 
For $10 or Less 

Some things still cost less than SIO; 
a box of floppy disks, a disk drive 
cleaning kit, a furry little 1H.51 mouse 
cover. But why luit give a stocking 
stulfer that will knock your loved one's 
socks off? 

Dreaniiuj^ ofGEnie. Tor instance, yoti 
could add GEnie to his or licr tele- 
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change recently announced its 
Star*Ser vices. For S4.')5 a month and 
no connect charges, modem owners 
can now enjoy more than 100 GEnie 
ser\'ices, including educatitni, games, 
news and special-intere.st roiindtables. 
In addition, non-prime-time 300-, 
1200- and 2-U)0-baud access to GE- 
nie's software libraries, chat lities, in- 
teractive games and other ])reminm 
services has been reduced from SIO 
to S6 an hour. To top that off, the 
$29.95 sign -up fee has also been 
discontinued. 

The MiiMtg Link. For any modem 
owner who isn't already on (juaiUum- 
Link, a subscription to this premier 
forum tor (commodore teiecommuni- 
cations is a invisl. Q-Link is truly a gift 
tliat keeps on giving; for only S9.95 a 
month, it oifers access to hundreds of 
services, including encyclopedias, 
massive software libraries and the fa- 
mous Q-Eiiik Itople Connection. 

Making the Cimnection. Speaking of 
telecommunications, you can't get on- 
line without a modem. So, as luck 
would have it, RUN is offering a 
starter kh that makes it easy to enter 
the exciting world of telecommuni- 
cations. You'll receive a Commodore 
1660 modem (300 baud), the cable to 
connect to your phone line, all the 
software yon need, as well as intro- 
ductory free time on Q-l,ink: All this 
for only SIO! 

Musk Maiien. Digital .Arts & 'Fech- 
nologies, a leading retailer of MIDI 
software, offers a definitive resource 
for the conijituer music Uiver in your 
family. With a $!i subscription, he or 
she will receive the Musician's Mitsic 
Soflwarf Catalog, an annual 9l)-page 
guide that provides comprehensive 
overviews of current nuisic software 
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Tidings of Joy(sticks). The lifespan of 
a joystick is probably less than that of 
your average Christmas lightbulb or 
alkaline battery. If you have a heavy- 
duty arcade fanatic on your gift list, 
you may want to consider either the 
Magnum or Warrior joystick. Both re- 
tail for $7.95 and come in a pistol- 
grip configuration with bubble 
switches. 

Super Stocking Stuffers- 
FOR Up to $50 

Touche, Amiga! Tired of hearing 
about the Amiga's high resolution and 
nifty colors? Check out 1 Paim 
($39.95) for the C- 128. 1 Paint invokes 
the I28's little known Interlace mode, 
simitar to that on the Amiga. This 
mode provides an effective resolution 
of 640x400 pixels and an expanded 
palette of thousands of apparent 
colors. A 64K VDC chip is required. 

More Than 20 Qiieslions. If you're 
weary of your spouse asking questions 
about computers, why not give hitn 
or her Voyager Mindtool's 500 C-128 
Qiuiiinm Atuxuered (116.95). This all- 
new guidebook is the definitive ref- 
erence for almost any question about 
the C-128. Subjects range from pro- 
gramming to .software applications to 
sim]3le hardware maintenance. 

Slitky Business. The ReMarkAblc La- 
bel System (S39.95) is a great way to 
solve a loved one's disk labeling head- 
ache. The RMA System includes 100 
white and 100 color-coded thin, ad- 
hesive plastic labels and a special 
marker. Marked labels can be easily 
erased for disk updates. 

Bug-Eyed. Eyestrain from too much 
time at the computer can cause head- 
aches and irritability. The Eye-Mate 
Optical Massage Device may help re- 
lieve stress around the eyes after pro- 
longed monitor use. This $39.95 unit 




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is worn like eyeglasses. Tiny, battery- 
operated dynamos massage nine dif- 
ferent areas around the eyes. 

Stereo S/l), Ihe SID Symphony 
Stereo Cartridge ($35) makes a su- 
perb gift for the music lover. This 
small black box plugs directly into 
the expansion port of the C-64 or 
C-128, adding three voices to the SID 
chip and making stereo playback pos- 
sible. The cartridge is powered di- 
rectly from the user port, is fully 
programmable and is compatible with 
Sidplayer and the Sidplayer files 
found on most commercial networks 
and BBSs. 

A Healthy New Year- 
FoR Less Than $100 

A Good Ij'ud. \in\ can protect a loved 
one from the possibly cancer-causing 
radiation emitted by video monitors 
with the Maxi-Lite video display 
apron. Selling for S99, this lightweight 
apron is lined with .33 millimeters of 
lead to absorb stray electromagnetic 
energy. 

Phvs and Minus. ;'\long with the 
apron, why not buy the Screen E.L.F. 
($99.95)? This small device sits atop 
the video monitor and generates a 
steady stream of negative ions within 



The Scrasn E.L.F., the 810 
Symphony Sterea Cartrldga 
and thg EyB-Mate Optical 
Massaga Devica can ba under 
the tree far leaa than 
$100 each. 

a six-foot radius. These ions counter 
harmful positive ions that tan be gen- 
erated by the liigli voltage of video 
display tlevites. If iiothing else, with 
the apron, the E.L.F. and the Eye- 
Mate glasses, you'll be set for the next 
shuttle launch. 

In a Jiff. W you've ever watched 
someone age before your eyes while 
loading a iile with a 1541 disk drive, 
consider buying them the jillyOOS 
disk drive enhancemeni system from 
Creative Micio Designs ($59.95 for the 
C-64, $69.95 for the C-128). JiffyDOS 
is a hardware and software combina- 
tion that not only greatly improves 
disk drive performance, but places 
screen dump functions, iile-topy rou- 
tines and DOS-wedge commands at 
your fingertips. 

Santa Really Delivers- 
FOR Over $100 

If you can spend more than SIOO, 
you may want to consider buying 
premium gifts that are sure to please 
even the most discriminating Commo- 
dore u.ser. 

Socket to 'Em. Anyone with a desk 
full of disk drives, printers and other 
peripherals can tell you that wall sock- 
ets and power buttons always seem to 



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be in the wrong place. Solve this prob- 
lem for friend or (iiinily with the Curtis 
Command Center. Al 1149.95, this 
sleek system ofTers push-biitt<ni con- 
trol for up to five peripherals, making 
it easy to arrange an entire computer 
system. With plenty of socket space, 
plus a high level of power anci tele- 
phone-line surge protection, this is a 
high-voltage gift for any computer 
enthusiast. 

Data phones. Some lucky person on 
ytnir list can be the first on the block 
to have Co^lputerfolK^ a two-way 
tele p h one- to -C -64 voice digitizer and 
phone control unit. Operating from 
the computer's RS-'J32 interface, 
Computerfone accepts, digitizes, 
stores and transfers incoming speech. 
It also dials telephones and converts 
lone to a standard digital signal for 
further processing. Computerfone 
automates an office oi' home office 
telephone system for S695. 

Drive Someone Crazy. Do you have a 
real power u.ser tin your hst this year? 
If so, supercharge liis or her system 
with a Commodore-compatible hard 
drive from Creative Micro Designs. 
The HD series of drives conies in 20-, 
40- and !00-megabyte configurations 
for S600, S800 and Si 300. respec- 
tively. They offer a high degree of 



compatibility with most nonprotected 
C-R4 uiuf C-128 programs, and 
they're compatible with GKOS, ClI'/M 
and CM n's jiffy DOS system. 

Printer I'inver. If you really want to 
v\(n\ your favorite power user, give 
him or her a Tandy LP 1000 laser 
printer, a high-quality dynamo with 
an output of six pages per minute. 
The standard LP 1000 configuration 
includes one megabyte of memory 
and eight foius. It works well with 
GEOS, llasic 8 and RUN Script, and 
it can emulate Tandy's DMI* 2110 
printer as well as IBM's Wheelprituer 
and Frowriter. The unit delivers over 
1500 pages per toner cartridge (re- 
plate meius can be purchased at your 
local Radio Shack store). Suggested 
retail is 52634. 

So there it is, RUN's, 1990 holiday 
shopping list. Armed with these sug- 
gestions, surely you can please any 
Commodore owner on your list— and 
a I a [jrice within your budget. 

By the way, I've always wanted one 
of tiuise I'u/zy little covers for my Vi5 1 
mouse. . , ■ 

Jiihn Ryan, one o/RUN'i contributing 
editor, works as an air traffic conlrnl in- 
structor. His favorite topic is guiding air- 
borne sieiglis on cold December nights. 




A gift of a Curtis Caminand 
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would ba a hit with any 
Commodora uasr. 




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1 Faint and 


Screen E.L.E 


GE Information Services 


500 C-128 Questions Answered 


Zenion Industries 


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Vovager Mind tools 


5430 Commerce Blvd. 


Rockville. MD 20850 


PO Box 11578 
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Q-Unk 




JiEfyDOS and 


Quantum Computer Services 


ReMarkAbIc Label System 


HD Series Hard Drives 


8620 Weslwood t:cnter Drive 


Weber & Sons 


Creative Micro Designs 


Vienna, VA 22180 


3468 Highway 9, RD#4 


PO Box 646 




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East Longmeadow. MA 01028 


Commodore Modem 






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Eye-Mate Optical Massage Device 


Curtis Command Center 


80 Elm St. 


Man Wall Corp. 


Curtis Manufacturing Co. 


Peterborough, NH 03458 


57 Erickson Drive 


30 Fitzgerald Drive 




Red Deer, Altjerta 


Jaffrey, NH 03452 


Musician's Music Software Catalog 


Canada I^IR 1X8 




Digital Arts & Technologies 




Computerfone 


21 Glen Ridge Rd, 


SID Symphony Stereo Cartridge 


SunCoast Svslems 


Dept. BR 


Dr. Evil Labs 


PO Box 7105 


Mahopac, NY 10541 


3885 Bohannon Drive 
Meiilo Park, CA 94025 


Itnsacola.FL 32514 


Magnum and Warrior 




LP 1000 


Camerica 


Ma xi- Lite 


'fandy Corp. 


230 5th Ave, 


A. D. Carroll, Inc. 


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Maxi-Lite Division 
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working (called "Telecomrnuting") from their own homes. And this doesn't even 
scratch the surface of what's coming. 

Why wait any longer to join the Information Revolution? Especially when 
Aprotek has just made itsoeasy for you to buy today! How? By giving you easy to 
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Modems come in different speeds. Right now, 2400 baud is the fastest speed that's practical for the dial-up phone system. 

For the more experienced among you, the Aprotek t^inimodems are completely Hayes "AT" command set and are 2400 baud 
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If you're new to telecommunications, don't let the terms above throw you - it's just a technical way of saying that Minimodems will give 
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The C64/128 tvlinimodem plugs directly intothe user port on the back of your computer. The Amiga version plugs right into the serial 
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it with an Amiga 500 or 2000 series and still be able to see the status 
indicatorlights. TheCommodore version works on ALL 64'sor 128's 
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The most exciting aspect ot the Minimodems is the remarkable 
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Shopping for a House? 

Use this program to assess your money-borrowing qualifications— 

before you go to the bank. 



Qne of the most difficult aspects 
of hiiyiiij; ii liouse is shop])inK 
for tliL- niottgagc. Will a (1- 
iiaiicial institution trust you to 
pay back $100,000 or more? Asking will 
be easier if you use Prequalify' 64/128 
to assess your qualifications before you 
go to tlie lender. 

Guidelines 

Type in Listing I, using RUN's 
Checksum program to look for typing 
errors, and save it to disk before zii li- 
ning it. To use Prequalify, simply input 
tlie figures appropriate to your current 
financial situation at each prompt. 

The qualification guidelines lenders 
use for conventional loans are simple, 
but exact figures differ from lender to 
lender. J'requalify uses typical figures 
and assumes that your monthly housing 
expenses shouldn't exceed 28 percent 
of your gross monthly income and, with 
monthly debt payments added in, 
slumldn't exceed 3fi percent. 

Reler to Table 1 to see how the guide- 
lines are calculated. Monthly income (A) 
includes all your predictable income 
(salaries, btnujses, commissions, inter- 
est income, and so on). Monthly hous- 
ing expenses (B) include payments on 
loan principal and interest, insurance, 
taxes, homeov%'ners' association fees and 
assessments f()r special tommimity ser- 
vices. Liabilities (C) include monthly 
payments on alimony and child sup- 
port, loans, charge accounts and credit 
cards (including a 5 percent monthly 
charge against total card indebtedness), 
tuition, other real estate, and any other 
regular obligations. 

Note that if yoiu' down payment is 
less than 10 jieicein of the purchase 
price, guideline 1 drops to 25 j)ercent 
and guideline 2 to 33 percent. The 
smaller your down payment, the more 
stringent the guidelines. 



By THEODORE YONAN 




Prequallfv worki with cha numbet^ you Input 
to ■■led your tiorrawina potential. 

Also, if your dov^-n payment is less 
than 20 percent of the purchase price, 
the leiitlei will insist that you take out 
private mortgage insurance (PMl) at a 
cost of 1-1.25 percent of the loan 
amount, paid up front at closing, phis 
0.;W).'1 oil percent, paid monthly (S25- 
$a:i ])er month <m a §100,000 loan). 

tncoine minus housing and liability 
payments c(]iials your monthly expend- 
able iiuome, which covers food, cloth- 
ing, entertainment, medical, dental, 
education, transportation and other 



"discretionary" expenses. It is expend- 
able income that determines to a sub- 
stantial degree yotir quality of life, and 
tile VA and FHA weigh it more heavily 
than banks in determining qualification 
for a loan. A conventional loan is 
granted on the basis of credit worthi- 
ness and the value of the property held 
for security; the FHA and VA make sure 
you'll end up with enough cash to live 
deteinly. 

After the screening to see if you qual- 
ify financially, most lenders v^'ant to 
check your financial, personal and em- 
ployment records. Prequalify prints a 
checklist of such items you can review- 
before going to your lender. 

Other Costs 

Assuming your loan is approved, you 
must liave sufficient funds to cover clos- 
ing costs (a down payment, points, and 
so oti). 

On a conventional loan, a down pay- 
ment is 1 0-20 percent of the purchase 
price. (!)n an ITIA loan, it's 3 percent of 
the first $2.^1,000, plus 5 percent of the 
amount beyond $25,000. On a VA loan, 
no down payment is needed if the price 
is equal to four dmes the entitlement • 



Tabl» t. Loan qutlincatlon guidattnea. ^^ ^^^r^k 


Components: ^^.^^^^^P^^^^^^^ftl^ 


A. Monthly income ^ ^ 


B. Monthly housing expense ^^t ^^^^^^^^M 


C. Monthly liability (debt) payments ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ 


Guidelines: ^ 


I. h divided by A not to exceed 0.28 (28 percent) 


2. H plus C divided by A not to exceed 0.36 (36 percent) 



RUN it right: C-64 or C-128 (in 40- or SO-Column mode) 



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Mean Streets 25.00 

World Class Leatte Board ... 25 M 
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Blue Angete Fliflhl amuWilor 1 3.75 

Faaeroak ia.75 

Grand Pni CicuiV IB. 75 

Heal Wave Baal Racmg ... 1875 

HaifTOfiy 1B75 

Jad( NicUaus Course Disti 9.75 

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JN Greatesi 18 holes 22 75 

Serve arw Volley 1875 

Steel TJiuriJef - 1875 

Sinks /V»s MSomtxng . ....Z6.C0 

TeslDrrvel 9.75 

Tir$tDnvo2 TlwDuol 2200 

Test Dnve 2 Europe Soenery 9.75 

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F-lSHcmwl 22.75 

F-14 Tomcat 24.75 

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Ghost Bu stars II 18.75 

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Us1Ninia2 22.75 

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Neuromancer 25.00 

Powsr Drift .„. 20.00 

Rampage 22.75 



BndgeSO 18.75 

Unkwood Langu.iBOS. 
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Strip Poket .20.75 

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Award Miikaf Spods U>anes 1 8 00 
Award Matoi Educ. Utiranes 16.00 



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Desk Pack Plus 18.75 

Font Pack Plus 18.75 

Geos 128(2.0) 43.75 

Geos64 (2,0) 38.75 

Geo-Ctiart IB.75 

Geo-Calc 54 32.75 

GeO'Calc 128 43.75 

Geo-Piogrammof 43.75 

Geo-Pubiisn 3275 

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BankSl. Writer 32,75 

Carnien San Diego Europe . 24 75 

Carmen San Diego US A 24.75 

Carmen San Diego World 22.75 

Catmeri San Diego Tirtw 25 00 

Cemaun Alliance' 18.75 

Curse of Babylon 1B.M 

LeensetoKiB 13.75 

Omni. Play Baskeibal 22 75 

Omni Play ttorsfl Raong 32 00 

Pidionary 1875 

Pnm Strop 25 75 

PS Companion.., 22.75 

SmiDiy „ 1875 

Stai Ware - 18.75 

Wings ol Fury 19.75 

CAPCOM 

Pocket Rockets 9.75 

Street F^titer 9.75 

C APSTONE 

Miami Vice 19.00 

Search lor the Tttanic 23,00 

Suporm,'jn ., 19,00 

Trump CasltOiCasmoGjrrW/^ ,22 00 

Darksirte 21.00 

Deathbringer 19,75 

TlieThiee Stooges 22,75 

Total Eclipse 20,00 

T,V, Sports Baseball 18,75 

T,V, Sports Football 19,00 

Gon Aoa 541x128 tieooea 

Inventory 12B .,.. 48,00 

COSMI 

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Ctwmp 16,00 

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ABC Monday Nile Fooltall .24,75 

■BadDgdcS 18 75 

Batman 1875 

kan Wanrn 9,75 

nalooo .. 9.75 

RoboCop „ 22 75 

Untouchables 18,75 

VigilanlB 15 75 



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Algeblastei 10,75 

Matti Blaster ..,„ 19,75 

Spell it! 18,75 

Speed Reaciei II 18,75 

Work Attack 18,75 

Dtt/i^AUkifC 

Designasaufus 1875 

EyeolHorus 18 75 

Speiipcoptet 18,75 

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Duck Tales 18.75 

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Pockol Filer II 18,75 

PockM Writer I 18,75 

Pockel Writer II „... 31,25 

Pockel Wriler III 37,50 

BHi^ Electronic Arts 

B,A,T 26,00 

Bard's Tale 3 25,00 

Beyond the Black Hole 20,75 

Blodiout 1875 

Chessmaster2100 2600 

Chuck Yeagers ■ AFT 9 75 

CiadtDovm 2200 

Days ol ThumJsr 25,00 

Diagon'sLair 18 75 

Ferrari lormula One . , .21,00 

F-16 Combat Pilot 22.75 

Golden Ai 22.00 

Indiana Jones Lasl Cmsade . 20,75 

Iron Lord 26,00 

Jortjan vs Bifd 20 75 

Kings Beach Vo«eyl»ll 20.75 

Kmgs Bounty 25 00 

Loopz 18,75 

Madden FootaJ 26 00 

Mights Ma^a 26 00 

Nighi Bieed 18 75 

Papetclp Pubkshof 34 50 

Pipe Dream 20 75 

Pro Tennis Tour 21,00 



ELECTRONIC-ARTS Com 

Putty's Saga 19.75 

Quest Master , 22,00 

Sentinal Worlds 23 00 

Skate Wars ., 18 75 

Ski or De 18,75 

Staitftghl .., 2600 

Street Rod 1875 

Tnwa Pursuit 2500 

Vi.'Q.is Gambler , 16 75 

ELECTaONieZOO 

( GoW 18 75 

IB 75 

QSSflEIEK 

B»g Boggle 9.75 

Jeopardy , . , 975 

" Vheol o( Fortune 1 , 2. or 3 6 75 ea 

TECH EXPaESSIONS 

m«s Magic Shapes 9,75 

un House 9,75 

,ooney Tunes Phnt Kji 9,75 

'luppet Adventure 9,75 

luppott Punt Kit , 9,75 

Print Power 9.75 

Remote Control 9.75 

MICRQLE&QUE 

M,L Baseball 2 24,75 

M,L, Team Disk 15 00 

M,LWroslling 18,75 

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Barbarian .,. 18,75 

Clue ,.,„.„ 18,75 

Double Oregon 14,00 

Doubto Dragon II 24,00 

John E Iway s Ouarierbac(( 9,75 

Monopoly 16,75 

Oal Hershisefs Strike Zone 1 8 75 

Risk 18,75 

Saabble 18,75 

SliarkAilack 18,75 

Spot 18-75 

War m Middle Earth 24 75 

MiO^ PROSE 

3D Pool 19 00 

Airborne Ranger 24,75 

Destroyer Escort 25 00 

Dr Dooms Revenge 22 00 

F- 19 Stealth Fighter 2B 75 

Gunship ,„, 24,75 

Keys to Maranron 18 75 

Lind Sea Air Trtogy 34.75 

MageCandte ,. 24,75 

Pirates 28,75 

R«Js1omi Rismg 28 75 

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Savage 1900 

StuntTracH Racer 19,00 

Xenophobe 19,00 

MIMDSCAPE 

Aussie I3ames 18,75 

Gauntlet 2 19,00 

Hostage 16,75 

Sgt, Skiughters Mat War 18,75 

Shmobi ..,.16,75 

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Kn^tils ol Legend 3275 

Omega 3275 

Space Rogue 32,75 

Tangled Tiilos 18.75 

Times ol Lore 24.75 

Ultima 4 or Ulliitia 5 38,75 ea 

Ultima VI 43.75 

Ultima Trilogy 38.75 

Windwalker 24.75 

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Super B.isu 128 -.31.25 

Super Script 54 21.75 

Super Scripl 128 21.75 

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Better Working 

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Kills on Keys lOOO 

Kidwnter 1500 

Reading 1- Peter Rabbit 1575 

SAT Complete 24.75 



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ADS D Dragons of Flame 19.00 

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ADS D Pool ol Radiance 25.75 

ADSD Secret ot Silver Blade 25.00 

ADSD War ol the Lance 25.00 

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Dragon Slake 25.00 

Overrun 31.75 

Storm Across Europe ...3876 

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Typhoon of Steel 31.75 

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F.S. Scenery #7 19.00 JEa 

Hawaiian Oddessy 18.75 |m 

Jet 17.00 IS! 

Stealth Mission 31.50 



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Dperaton Wolf 9.75 

Ok 975 

Rambo 3 „ 9.75 

Rastan 9.75 

Renegade 975 

SkyShari< 975 



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Evelyn Wood Reader 13 75 

SwittcatoSstewayf 1375 

V/ordWt5tef5 2500 

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TtTUS 

Crazy Cars 15,75 

F-40 Pursuit Simulator 18,75 

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Typmg Tutor i 24 50 

SIRJ^QIJ 

Wiiarary Trikjgy 32 75 

Wirardry 5 

Hexin oi Haeislrom 25 75 



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CasUeVania 18.75 

■DouWe DrfcWe 18 75 

Metal Gear 21.75 

Teenage Muntant 
NinjaTuillas 1B.7S 

WEEI(LV READER 

Stickybear Series 

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l^athl (Grades 1.4) 13.75 

Malh 2 (Grades 4 S up} 13.75 

Numbers (Pre-Kinders) 13.75 

Opposites (Pie-3) 13.75 

Reading Comp. (Grades 3-5) 15.75 

Reading IKindBrs-3) 13.75 

Stupes I Pre ■31 13,75 

Speriflrabber(1-3) 16,75 

Town BuiUer (1-3) 15,^ 

Typng (All levels) 15.75 

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HOUSE-SHOPPING? 



(bcnciiis provided by the government to 
;i specific jjroup), but for any amount 
over fimr times the entitlement, a down 
piiymeni is 25 percent. 

Then there lire points, each repre- 
senting approximately 1 percent of the 
loan amount. Don't be bashful about 
shopping around to get the lowest 
percentage. 



You may also have to impound es- 
crow money to cover property taxes, 
mortgage insurance premiums and 
c«)miininity service fees. 

A loan origination fee may be nec- 
essary. It can range from 0.5 to 2 per- 
cent of the loan amount, so, once again, 
shop annmd. 

Finally, count on other fees and 



charges approaching 1-2 percent of the 
loan amount. 

Shopping for a home will challenge 
your business acumen and negotiating 
skills. Use Prequalify 64/128 to help you 
play the game prudently. ID 

Theodore Yiman hax hcen in the real estate 
busine.is for J ■/ years. 



Uttinfl 1. Prsquilify B4/12B pragram. fAvallable on HeRUN dlik. Sod ardor card facing page 48.1 



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360 PRINTCHR$119J:VTAB=4:GOSUB9 650 

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370 PRINT;PRINTTAB(TB+26); :INPU 

T WI :REH*239 670 

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T BC :REM*10 

390 PRINT:PRINTTAB(TB+29); :INPU 690 

T DV :REM*1 35 700 

400 PRINT:PRINTTAB(TB.+ 22); :INPU 

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410 V=GI:GOSUB120:GI$=V$ 720 

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430 V=BC:GOSUB120:BCS=VJ 

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440 V=DV:GOSUB120:DV$=VJ 

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450 V=OI:GOSUB120:OI$=V$ 750 

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460 AGI=(GI+WH-BC+DV+0I)/12;V=A 760 

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470 V=AGI*12:GOSUB120:TY$=V$ 

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480 VTAB=6:GOSUB90 :REM*85 

490 GOSUB100:GOSUa70 :REM*145 

500 PRINT ;REM*143 780 

510 GOSUB50 :RBM*134 

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OR A HOME LOAN" :REM*1 48 800 

530 VTAB=4:GOSUB90 :REM*12 7 

540 PRINTTAB(TBt2) "ASKING PRICE 810 

OF tiOUSE ":PRINT : REM*! 08 
550 PRINTTAB(TB+2)"tX)WN PAYMENT 820 

":PRINT :REM*158 

560 PRINTTAB(TB+2) "INTEREST (8. 830 

8%=8.8) ":PRINT :REM*215 

570 PRINTTAB(TB+2) "MORTGAGE TER 

M: (YEARS) ": PRINT :REM*112 840 
580 GOSUB60 :REM*206 

590 PRINTam$(19):VTAB = 6:GOSUB9 

0:PRINTTAU(TB+2 6); : INPUTPR 8 50 

: REM* 18 
600 PHINT:PRIMTTAB(TB+20) ; :INPU 860 

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610 PRINT:PRINTTAB(TB+25); :INPU 

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620 PRINT:PRINTTAB{TB+27) ;:1NPU 

TiR :REM*71 



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DP :HEM*9 

PAYMENT=AMT*1/(1-(1+I) (UP A 
RROW}(-MOS>) :REM*35 

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V=AMT:GOSUB130:AMT$=V$ 

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V=PR;G0SUB1 30 : PR$=VS :REM*41 
V=DP:G0SUB1 30;DP$=V$ 

: REM* 108 
VTABo5:GOSUB90 :REM*5 

G0SUB1 10:GOSUB70:GOSLIB50 

:REM*1 54 
PRINT :REM*92 

PRINTTAB(TB+7) "PROPOSED LOA 
N SUMMARY" :VTAB=2:GOSUB90 

:REM*233 
PRINTTAB(TBt2) "PROPERTY VAL 
UE "PR$:PRINT :REM*241 
PRINTTAB(TB+2)"DOWN PAYMENT 
{7 spaces) "DPS: PRINT 

:REM*17 3 
PRINTTAB(TB+2)"L0AN AMOUNT { 
8 SPACEs)"AMT$:PRINT:REM*75 
PRINTTAB(TB+2) "MONTHLY PAYM 
ENTt4 SPACES }"PA$: PRINT 

:REM*29 
PRINTTAB(TU+2}"TERM OF LOAN 
(9 SPACEs}"YRS "YEARS":PRIN 
T : REM* 2 38 

PRINTTAB(TBt2) "INTEREST RAT 
E{11 SPACEs)"IR"%" :REM*55 
PRINT:PRINT :REM*235 
G0SUB1 1 :GOSUB60 :GOSUB7 : GO 
SUB50 :REM*145 

PRINTCHR$(1 47)TAB(TS+1 2)"0T 
HER COSTS" SPRINT :REM*190 
PRINTTAB(TB)"COND0 OR TOWNH 
QUSE MONTHLY FEE." :REM*123 
PRINTTAB{TB) "ENTER DATA NOW 
. IF YOU WANT TO USE " 

: REM* 13 
PRINTTAB(TB)"THE PERCENT ES 
TIMATE, JUST PRESS{2 SPACES 
)" :REM*79 

PRINTTAB(TB) "RETURN. ":PRIN 



T 
GOSUB60 



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:REM*225 



PRINTTAB{Ti)) "ENTER ANNUAL T 



AXES "; :INPUTTX 

IFTX>1THENTX=TX/12 

UB120:TX$=V$:GOTO9! 



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:V=TX:GOS 
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890 IFTX=UTHENTX=.015*PR/12:V=T 

X:GOSUH120:TXJ=V$ :REM*24S 

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NSURANCE PREMIUM ";;INPUTIP 

:HEM*4 

910 IFIP>1THENIP=IP/12:V=IP:G0S 

UB1 20:IPS=V$:GOTO930 :REM*5 

920 IFIP=0THENIP=.01*PR/1 2:V=IP 

:GOSUal20;IP$=V$ :REM*196 

930 PRINT: PRINTTAB(TI3) "OTHER MO 

NTHI.Y COSTS " ; : INPUTMC: V=MC 

:GOSUB120:MC$=V$ :REM*127 

940 IFDP<.2*PRTHENPMI=( .0035/12 

) *PH; V=PMI : GOSUBl 20 : PMI$=V$ 

:REM*52 

950 IFDP=>.2*PRTHENPMr=0:V=PMI: 

GOSUBl 20 :PMI$=V$ :REM*185 

960 TaTX+IP+HC+PA+PMI :REM*144 

970 V=T:GOSUB120:T$=V$ :REM*154 

980 PRINTTAB(TB+6)"TAXESt6 SPAC 

Es)"TX$ :REM*210 

990 PR I NTT AB{TB+6>" INSURANCE {2 

SPACES) "IP$ :REM*104 

1000 PRINTTAB(TB+6)"OTHER{6 SPA 

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PR.MTG. INS."PMI$ :REM+172 

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"PA$: PRINT :REM*99 

1030 PRINT: PRINTTAB(TB+6) "TOTAL 

{6 SHFT SPACEs)"T$:PRINT 

:REM*38 
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OSUB50 :REM*130 


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FORJ=1T014:PRINTTAB{TB+5)A 




S(J):NEXT :REM*168 


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NT. (DUE=5% BAL. )":REM*152 
GOSUB60 :REM*218 

PRINTCHR$(19)TAB{TB+3)"ENT 
ER MONTHLY DEBT PAYMENTS" 

:REM*200 
PRINT: PRINT :HEM*69 
PR INTTAB ( TB + C ) ; : INPUTC1 : V= 
CI tGOSUB130:B${1 ) =V$ 

:REM*153 
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C2:GOSUB130:B${2)=V$ 

:REM*219 
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CS:GOSUB130:B$(3)=V$ 

:RBM*185 
PR INTTAB ( TB+C ) ; : I NPUTAL : V= 
AL:GOSUB130:B$(4)=.V$ 

: REM* 194 
PRrNTTAB{TB+C) ;:rNPUTYL:V= 
YL;G0SUB1 30!B$(S)»V$ 

:REM*107 
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SL:GOSUB130:B${6)=V$ 

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210 PSINTTAB(TBtC);:INPUTOL:Vi. 
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:REM*202 
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TG : GOSUBl 30 : B$ ( 9 ) =V$ 

:REM*239 
230 PRINTTAB(TB+C);:INPUTVI:V= 
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;REM*102 
240 PRINTTAB(TB+C) ; :INPUTMA:V= 
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:REM*147 
250 PRINTTAB(TB+C>;:INPUTAX:V= 
AX/20 :G0SUB1 30: B$ { 1 2 ) =V$ 

: REM* 16 
260 PRINTTAB(TB+CJ; :INPUTDI:V= 
DI/20:GOSUB130:BJ(13)=V$ 

:REM*200 
270 PRINTTAB(TB+C) ;:INPUTOT:V= 
OT/20:GOSUB130:B$(1 4 ) =V$ 

:REH*1 90 

280 CC=(V1+MA+AX+DI+OT)/20:V=C 

C : GOSUBl 30 :CC$=V$ :REM*81 

290 M0=C1+C2+CS+AL+YL+SL+CT+0L 

+TG+CC: V=MO: GOSUBl 30 :H0$=V 

J: :REM*178 

300 TM=MO+T:V=TM:GOSUB130:TM$= 

V$ :REM*211 

310 TW=.28*AGI:V=TW:GOSUB130:T 



W$ = V$ 



:REM*230 



320 TS=.36*AGl!V=TS:GOSUB130:T 



S$=V$ 



:REH*130 



330 TP=. 25*AGI : V=TP: GOSUBl 30 :T 
P$=V$ :REM*249 

340 TQ=.33*AGI:V=TQ: GOSUBl 30 :T 
Q$=V$ :REM*204 

350 VTAB=4:GOSUB90 :REM*182 

360 GOSUBn0:GOSUB70:GOSUflS0 

: REM* 13 
370 PRINTTAB(TBt 3) "SUMMARY FIX 
ED MONTHLY PAYMENTS" 

:REM*59 
380 PRINT :REM*248 

390 FOHJ»1T014:PRINTTAB(TB+2)A 
J{J)B$(J) :NEXT :REH*171 
400 PRINT :REM*23 

410 PRINTTAB(TB+2)"TOTAL="M0$ 

:REM*18S 
420 PRINT :REH*35 

430 GOSUBl 00 :GOSUB60:GOSUB70:G 
OSUB50 :REH*7 

4 40 PRINTTAa(TBt 9 J "CONCLUSIONS 
:" :REM*40 

450 PRINT :REM*69 

460 PHINTTAB(TB)C$(2)T$ 

:REM+204 
470 PRINT ;REM*81 

480 PHINTTAB(TB)C$(3)M0$ 

: REM*! 52 
4 90 PRINT : REM* 109 

500 PRINTTAB(TB)C$(4)TM$ 

:REM*206 
510 PRINT :REM*121 

520 PRINTTAB(TB)C$(5)AGI$ 

:REM*172 
530 PRINT :REH*149 

540 IFDP<.10*PRTHEN1610:REM*99 
550 PRINTTAB(TB)C*(6)TW$ 

:REM*1 39 



1560 PRINTTAB{TB)C$(7)T$ 

:REM*124 
1570 IFTW<TTHENTN=T-TW:ViiTN:GOS 
UB120:TN$=V$ :REM*114 

1580 IFTW<TTHENPRINTTAB(TB)C$(8 
)TN$ : REM* 4 8 

1590 PRINT :REM*201 

1600 IFDP=>.10*PRTHEN1 650 

:REM*79 
1610 PRINTTAB(TB)C$(9)TP$ 

:HEM*136 
1620 PRINTTAB(TB)C$(7)T$ 

:REH*176 
1630 IPTP<TTHENTL=T-TP:V=TL:GOS 
UB120:TL$=V$ :REM*150 

1640 IFTP<TTHENPRINTTAB(TB)C$(8 
)TL$ :REM*51 

1650 PRINT :REM*1 2 

V660 IFDP<.10*PRTHEN1 740 

:HEM*220 
1670 PRINT :REH*24 

1680 PRINTTAB(TB)CJt12>TSJ 

:REM*131 
1690 PRINTTAB(TB)C?(1 3JTMJ 

:REM*12S 
1700 IFTM=<TSTHEN1810 :REM*1 58 
1710 IFTM>TSTHENHT=TM-TS:V=.MT:G 
OSUB120:MT$=V$ : REM*! 41 

1720 IFTM=<TQTHEN1810 :REM*228 
1730 PRINTTAB(TB)C$(8)MT$ 

:REM*254 
1740 PRINT :REM*98 

1750 IFDP=>.10*PRTHEN1820 

: REM* 4 9 
1760 PRINTTAB(TB)C$n5JTQ$ 

;REM*239 
1770 PRINTTAB(TB)C$(13)TM$ 

:REM*1 73 

1 780 IFTM>TQTHENMT=TM-TQ;V=MT:G 

OSUB120:MT$=V$ :REM*233 

1790 IFTM=<TQTHEN1810 :REM*43 

1800 PRINTTAB(TB)C$(8JMT$ 

; REM* 5 5 
1810 PRINT :REM*172 

1820 IFTM<AGITHEN1840 :REM*H7 
1830 IFTM>AGITHENPRINTTAB(TB)C$ 
(16) :REM*45 

1840 PRINT :REM*206 

1850 GOSUBl 00 :GOSUB60:GOSUB70 

: REM* 17 
1860 VTAB=3:GOSUB90 :REM*128 
1870 PRINT"PRINT C=CHECKLIST S= 
SUMMARY N=NO Q=QUIT" 

;REM*67 
1880 GET RP$:IFRP$=""THEN1880 

:REM*149 

1890 IFRP$<>"C"ANDRP$o"S"ANDRP 

$<>"N"ANDRP$>:>"Q"THEN1880 

:REM*1 31 

1900 IPRP$="Q"THEN1950 ;REM*240 

1910 IPRP$="N"THENCLS:GOTO10 

:REM*176 
1920 IFRP$="S"THENOPEN4,4,7:GOS 
UB2700 : PRINTCHR$ ( 1 47 ) :GOTO 
1870 :REM*14 

1 930 IFRP$="C"THEN0PEN4 ,4,7: FOR 
C=0TO21 :PRINT#4,TAB(10)D$( 
C);PRINT#4:NEXT:CLOSE4 

:HEM*154l 



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CLR:PHINTCHRJ(147); 

PRINTCHH$(147) : 
GOSUB50 
F0RJ=1T08: PRINT: 



GOTO1870 

:R13M*69 
END 
;REM*199 
:REM*aa 
: REM* 4 8 
NEXT 

:REM*182 
PRINTTAB(TB+3)"{C0MD A){29 
SHFT *s)(COMD SI :REM*51 
F0RI=1TO7:PRINTTAB(TBt3>"( 
SHFT -)"TAB(T8+33)"{SHFT - 
)":NEXT :REM*243 

PRINTTAB{TB+3)"{C0MD Z)129 
SHFT *s}{COMD X)":REM*228 
F0RJ=1 TOe : PRINTCHR$ {145);: 
NEXT :REM*77 

PRINTTAB(TB+1 3)"RUN MAGAZI 
NE" :REM*54 

PRINT :REM*153 

PRINTTAB{TB+1 5) "PRESENTS" 

:REM*213 
PRINT: PRINT :REM*238 

PRINTTAB(TB+11 )"PREQUALIFY 
64/128 :REM*193 

GOSUB60 :REM*160 

DIM A${15),B$(15),C$t20),D 
${22) :REM*56 

A$(1)="CAR H] PAirMENT{4 SP 
ACES)" :REM*76 

A$(2)="CAR §2 PAYMENT (4 SP 
ACEsl" ;REM*103 

A$(3>="CHILD SUPPORT (5 SPA 
CEs}" :REM*48 

A$(4)="aLrM0NY{n spaces)" 

: REM* 37 
A$(5)="Y0UR SCHOOL LOANS " 

:REM«61 
A$t6)="0THER SCHOOL LOAN " 

:REM*27 
A$ ( 7 ) ="CHILDREN' TUITION { 2 
spaces)" :REM*235 

A${8)="0THER LOANS /REALTY" 
:REM*175 
A$(9)="TITHING{11 SPACES)" 

:REM*95 
A$(10)="*VISA{M SPACES)" 
:REM»161 
A$(1 1 )="*MASTERCARD{8 SPAC 



Es)" 

A$(12)="*AMERICAN 
2 SPACES)" 

a$(13)="*oisc0ver 
paces)" 

A${1 4)="*MISC. 



:REM*154 
EXPRESS ( 
:REM*30 
CARD{5 S 
:REM*89 
CREDIT CARD 
" :REM*73 

F0RJ=1T014 : REM*! 03 
IFLEN(A$(J) )<20THENA$( J}=L 
EFT$(A$(J)t"{20 SPACES)", 2 
0) :GOTO2250 :REM*195 
NEXT :REM»95 

C$(1 )="PRE-QUALIFICATION R 
EVIEW." : REM* 80 

C$(2)="MONTHLY HOUSING EXP 
ENSES" :REM*182 

C$(3)="FIXED MONTHLY PAYME 
NTS" :REM*28 

C$(4)="SUM:M0NTHLY OBLIGAT 
IONS" :REM*151 



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C$(5)="GH0SS MONTHLY INCOH 
E:" :REM*80 

C$(6)="28% OF MONTHLY INCO 
ME=" :REM*141 

C$(7)="MONTHLY HOUSING EXP 
ENSES=" :REM*150 

C$(8>="YOU EXCEEDED LIMIT 
BY:" :REM*75 

C$(9)="25% OF MONTHLY INCO 
HE=" :REM*154 

C$(1 0)3 "MONTHLY HOUSING EX 



PENSES=" 
C$(1 1 )="YOU 

BY:" 
C$(12)="36% 
OME=" 

C$(1 3)="SUM 
TIONS" 
C$(14)»"Y0U 

BY:" 
C$(1S)="33% 
OME = " 

F0RJ=2T01 5 
IFLEN(CS(J) ) 



:REM*21S 

EXCEEDED LIMIT 

: REM* 6 5 

OF MONTHLY INC 

: REM* 9 7 

MONTHLY OBLIGA 

:REM*185 

EXCEEDED LIMIT 

: REM* 126 

OF MONTHLY INC 

:REM*n2 

: REM* 3 9 

<2STHENC$(J)= 



C$(J)+" ":GOTO2430:REM*247 
DS(0)="{7 spaces) PERSONAL 
DATA CKECKLIST"+CHR$(13)+C 
HR${13) :REH*188 

NEXT :REM*30 

C$(16)="YOU'RE SPENDING MO 
RE THAN YOU EARNl" : REM* 12 
D$(0)="{7 SPACES) PERSONAL 
DATA CHECKLIST" ;REM*39 
D$(1)=" 1. flORROWER(S) NAM 
E/ADDRESS/SOCIAL SECURITY 
NOS. :" :REM*226 

D$(2)=" 2. EMPLOYERS: LAST 
TWO YEARS" : REM*! 07 

D$(3)=" 3. ADDRESSES YOU H 
AD DURING LAST 2 YEARS" 

:REM*2 
DS(4)=" 4. ACCOUNT/ SERIAL 
NUMBERS OF ALL CURRENT ASS 
ETSi" : REM*! 34 

D$(5)=" 5. INVENTORY: MAJOR 

PERSONAL/HOUSEHOLD ASSETS 
:" :REM*28 

D${6)=" 6. SHARE/BOND HOLD 
ING SPECIFICS" : REM*! 80 
DS(7)=" 7. LIFE INSURANCE 
CERTIFICATES/CASH VALUES" 

;REM*3 
D$(8)»"{SHFT SPACE)8. AUTO 
MOBILES: LOAN VALUES" 

:REH*193 
D$(9)=" 9, ALL CURRENT LI A 
BILITIES FULLY DETAILED" 

: REM* 11 
D$(10)="10. FINANCIAL DATA 

ON REALTY HOLDINGS" 

: REM* 3 6 
D5(11)="11. INCOME VERIFIC 
ATION DOCUMENTATION." 

:REM*68 
D$(12)="12. IF SELF-EMPLOY 
ED:" : REM* 6 8 

D$(13)="f4 SPACES) INCOME V 
ERIFICATION DOCUMENTATION" 
: REM* 105 



2610 D$(14)="{4 SPACES) PLUS TWO 
YEARS TAX RETURNS" : REM*93 
2620 D$(1S)="13. IF DIVORCED, P 
ROPER DOCUMENTATION" 

:REM*251 

2630 D$(16)="14. EVIDENCE OF SU 

FFICIENT FUNDS TO CLOSE:" 

:REM*24 2 

2640 D$(17)="{4 SPACEsjDOWN PAY 

MENT:" :REM*182 

2650 D$(18)="{4 SPACES) ESCROW ( 

SHFT F)UNDS:" :REM*54 

2660 D$(19)="(4 SPACES) LOAN ORI 

GINATION FEE:" :REM*157 

2670 D$(20)="(4 SPACES) VARIOUS 

FEES, ETC. :" :REM*237 

2680 D$(21)="15. CAREER PROSPEC 

TS: PROMOTION/RAISE/PERKS:" 

:REM*1 73 

2690 RETURN :REM*27 

2700 REM PRINT :REM*1 52 

271 PRINT#4 ,TAB( 30 ) "PRE-QUALIF 

YING" :REM*171 

2720 PRINTH(4,TAB{30)"INCOME SUM 

MARY" : REM* 9 8 

2730 PRINTf|f4 :REM*161 

27 40 PRINT#4,TAB(24)"YOUR GROSS 

INCOME! 3 spaces) "GI$ 

:REM*233 

2750 PRINT#4,TAB( 24) "SPOUSE'S { 

SHFT I)NC0ME{5 SPACES )"WI$ 

:REM*194 

2760 PRINT#4,TAB(24)"B0NUS/COMM 

ISSI0NS{3 SPACES }"BC$ 

:REH*1 24 
2770 PRINT#4,TAB( 24) "DIVIDEND/I 
NTEREST{3 SPACES) "DV$ 

:REM*138 

2780 PRINT#4,TAB( 24) "OTHER INCO 

ME{8 SPACES )"OIS :REM*166 

2790 PRINT#4,TAB( 24) "TOTAL: ANN 

UALLY(5 SPACES }"TY$ 

:REM*143 
2800 PRINT/^4,TAB( 24) "TOTAL: MON 
THLY{6 SPACES )" AG I $ 

:REM*1 90 

2810 PRINT#4 :REM*241 

2820 PRINT#4, TAB (30) "PROPOSED L 

OAN SUMMARY" : REM* 19 

2830 PRINT#4 :REM*2 

2840 PRINT#4,TAB( 24) "PROPERTY V 

ALUE[6 spaces) "PR$ :HEM*72 

2850 PRINT#4,TAB(24)"DOWN PAYME 

NT{8 spaces) "DPS :REM+220 

2860 PRINT#4,TAB(24)"LOAN AMOUN 

T{9 SPACEs)"AMT$ :REM*! 93 

2870 PRINT//4, TAB! 24) "MONTHLY PA 

YMENT{5 SPACES )"PA$ 

:REM*130 
2880 PRINT#4,TAB(24)"TERM OF LO 
ANf9 SPACES )"YHS" YEARS" 

:REM*6 
2890 PRINT#4,TAB( 24) "INTEREST R 
ATE{12 SPACES )"IR"%" 

:REH*1 48 

2900 PRINT#4,TAB(24)"TAXES{1 5 S 

PACES )"TX$ :REM*208 

2910 PRINT|i/4,TAB(24)"INSURANCE{ 

!1 SPACEs}"IP$ :REM*48 



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2920 PRINT#4,TAB( 24) "OTHER (CON 

DO FEE?) (2 SPACES) "MCI 3100 
:REM*28 
2930 PRINT#4,TAB( 24) "PRINCIPAL 3110 

& INTEREST"PAI : REM* 4 2 
2940 PRINT#4,TAB{24)"PRIVATE KO 31 20 

RTG. INS. "PMIJ :REM*5 
2950 PRINT#4 :REM*138 3130 

2960 PRINTS 4, TAB (24) "MONTHLY HO 3140 

USING COST"T$ :REM*ni 3150 
2970 PRINT#4 :REM*150 

2980 PRINT#4,TAB( 24) "SUMMARY: F 3160 

IXED MONTHLY {SHFT SPACE) PA 

YMENTS" :REM*74 3170 

2990 PRINT#4 : REM*! 62 

3000 PORJ=1T014 :REM*120 3180 
3010 IF VAL(RIGHT$(B$(J) ,10) )=0 

THEN3030 :REM*45 3190 

3020 PRINT)!f4,TAB{24)A$(J)+B$(J) 3200 

:REM*252 
3030 NEXT !REM*84 3210 

3040 PRrNT#4 ;REM*236 

3050 PRINT#4,TaB( 24) "TOTAL: PAY 3220 

MENTS(5 spaces) "MO$:REM*99 
3060 PRINT(il4 :REM*248 3230 

3070 PRINT#4,TAB(24)C$(1 ) 

:REM*78 3240 
3080 PHINT#4 :REM*5 

3090 PRINT#4,TAB{24)C$(2)T$ 3250 



:REM*1 43 
PRINT#4,TAB{24)C$(3)MO$ 

:REM*251 
PRINT#4,TAB(24)CI{4)TMS 

:REM*22 
PRINT#4,TAB{24)C$t5)AGIS 

:REM*76 
PRINT(if4 :REM*55 

IFDP<.10*PRTHEN3210:REM*93 
PRINT#4 ,TAB{ 24 )C$ ( 6 )TWS 

:REM*220 
PRINT#4,TAB(24)C${7)T$ 

:REM*9 
I FTW < TTHENTN =T-TW : V=TN : GOS 
UB120:TN$=VS :REM*187 

IFTW(TTHENPRINTfSf4,TAB(24)C 
$(8)TN$ :REM*202 

PRINT*(4 :REM*123 

IFDP=) . 1 0*PRTHEN3250 

:REM*167 
PRINT#4,TAB(24)C$(9)TP$ 

:REM*209 
PRINT#4,TAB(24)C$(10)T$ 

: REM* 3 5 
I FTP < TTHENTL=T-TP : V =TL : GOS 
UB120:TLS=VS :RBM*220 
IFTP<TTHENPRINT#4,TAB(24)C 
${11 }TL$ :REM+39 

PRINT#4 :REM*191 



3260 IFDP<.10*PRTHEH3 330:REM*6 3 
3270 PRINT#4 :REM*203 

3280 PRINT/^4,TAB(24)C$(12)TS$ 

:REH*113 
3290 PRINT#4,TAB(Z4)C$(13)TM$ 

:REM*61 

3300 IFTM=<TSTHEN33 30 :REM*210 

3310 IFTM>TSTHENMT=TM-TS:V=MT:G 

OSUB120:MT$=V$ :REM*203 

3320 PRINT#4,TAB(24)C${14)MT$ 

:REM*108 
3330 PRINT#4 ;REM*12 

3340 IFDP=>.10*PRTHEN3400 

:REM*19e 
3350 PRINT#4,TAB(24)C$(15)TQ$ 

:REM*141 
3360 PRINT#4,TAB{24)C$(1 3)TM$ 

:REM*119 

3370 IFTM=<TQTHEN3400 :REM*50 

3380 IFTM>TQTHENMT=TM-TQ:V=MT:G 

OSUB120:MT$=V$ ;REM*47 

3390 PRINTS4,TAB(24)C$(14)MT$ 

; REM* 166 



3400 


IFTM<AGITHEN3420 :HEM*169 


3410 


IFTM> AGITHENPRINT#4 , TAB ( 24 




}CS(16) :REM+234 


3420 


PRINT#4:CLOSE4 :REM*156 


3430 


RETURN ;REM*2 49 



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GridRunner 

Your ship is on the line when you play this 
fast-paced, dodge 'em-type game. 



By TONY BRANTNER 



It's easy to pilot your ship along the 
lines of the grid, collecting dia- 
monds as you go. Easy, iliat is, until 
the guards roaming the outskirts 
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64 is such a challenging and addic- 
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Type in (iridRun from Listing 1, us- 
ing HUN's Checksum program to catch 
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run it to create GRIDRUN.ML, the 
executable machine language file. To 
play, make sure you have a joystick 
plugged into port 2, then load and run 
GRIDRUN.ML. 

When the game screen ap[)ears, your 
ship is centered at the bottom of the 
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start play, then steer the ship around 
the grid, i'assing over diamonds collects 
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level of play. 

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the guards prowling the edges of the 




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play again, simply press the firebutton. 

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Listing 1. Gridttitn 64 prssrsm. lAvsilable on ReRUN disk. See enter card facing page 4B.1 



f) rem this list 1 creates (and 
shoi;ld not qe called) gridrun 

.ML ;REM*149 

5 OPEN 8,e,8,"GRIDRUN,ML,P,W" 

:REM»8 

6 CT=0: PRINT" {SHFT CLR)":REM*56 
10 READ A$:IF A$="-1" THEN CLOS 

EG : PRINT: PRINT"ALL D0NE1";EN 

D :REM*129 

12 PRINT" (HOME) READING LINE "+S 

TR$(CT):CT=CT+1 ;REH*141 
15 IF LEN(A$)<62 THEN 55 

:REM*254 
20 BS=MIDS(A$,1 ,20)tMID$(A$,22, 

20)+HID$(A$,43,201 :REM*a42 
25 FOR 1=1 TO 30 ;REM*181 



30 



35 

40 

45 

50 
55 

60 



65 



C$=MID$(B$, (I*2)-1 ,ZJ:H$=LEF 
T$(C$,1 ):L$=RIGHT$(C$,1) 

:REM*209 
H=VAL(H$):IF H$>"9" 
SC(H$)-55 

L=VAL(LS):IF L$>"9" 
SC(L$)-55 
BY=H*16+L:PRINT#8,CHR$(BY) ; 

:REM*67 
NEXT! GOTO 10 
IF LEN(A$)<21 THEN 
O 70 

IF LEN(A$)<42 THEN 
AS,20)+RIGHT$(A$, (LEN(AS)-21 
) }:GOT0 70 :REM*176 

B$=LEFT$ ( A$ , 20 ) +MID$ { A$ ,22,2 



THEN HbA 

;REM*85 

THEN L=A 

:REM*136 



:REM*1 15 
B$=A$:GOT 

:REH*184 
B$=LEFTS( 



) +RIGHT$( A$ , LEN ( A$ ) -42 ) 

:REM*1 40 
70 FOR 1=1 TO LEN{B$)y2:REH*221 
75 CJ=MID$(B$,(I*2}-1 ,2);H$3LEF 
T$(C$,1 ):L(bRIGHT$(C$,1 ) 

: REM* 140 

80 H=VAL{HS):IF HS>"9" THEN H=A 

SC:(H$)-55 :REM*56 

85 L=VAL(L$):IF L$>"9" THEN L=A 

SC(L$)-55 :REM*84 

90 BY=H*16+L;PRINT#8,CHR$(BY); 

:REM*148 
95 NEXT: GOTO 10 :REM*160 

100 REM HEX DATA FOR GRIDRUN 64 

:REM*134 

101 DATA 01 1C0B1C0A009E323036*3 I 



RUN it right: C- 64; joystick 



DECEMBER 1990 RUN 37 



GRIDRUNNER 



1 000000A90e20D2FFA9*8E20D2P 
FAq9320D2FFA9 :HEM*1 7 

102 DATA 80e539A93EB53AA90685*0 
5A2a0A03FA90091 3938*1 0FBA00 
0BD930F9139Ea :REM*253 

103 DATA cac8CaC01690F318A539*5 
9408539A53A6900853A*C605D0D 
7A9008D20D08D :REH+1 99 

104 DATA 21D0BD10D08D17D08D1B»D 
0eD1CD0BD1 DD0A901 8D*27D0A20 
4A01D1820F0FF :REM*245 

105 DATA A96AA00E201EABA20AA0+1 
F1820F0FFA9D5A00E20*1EAB200 
40CA9018DCE0F :REH*162 

106 DATA A903200F0CADCE0F2097*0 
C8E50068D';i 06A01 8A9*0099D00 
F8ei0FA205F0C :REM+128 

107 DATA A9F08D06D4A9068D0CD'1*A 
9288D08D420A60C2082*0AA9FA8 
DF807A9888DD5 :HEM*242 

108 DATA 0FA9E28DD00F20820CA9*1 
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EFFDBC30000F0 :HEM*107 

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Be the centei' of your own publishing empire with one 
of these desktop publishing programs. 





Qver the past few years, a num- 
ber oi' terrific programs liave 
been rclnsiscd for the C-C4-— 
software packages tliat let you 
combine text with graphics and prim 
the result in a variety of useful and 
creative ways. These programs are spe- 
cifically designed to produce greeting 
cards, calendars, banners ;nid business 
cards, as well as full-hlown, professional 
quality newsletters. Uiifortunately, 
while "desktop publishing" (DTP) has 
served as a convenient catchall phrase 
to categorize these types of software, 
the term does little to convey their 
friendliness and ease of operation. 

If the idea of ]3roduciiig imaginative 
printed goods with your C-(i4 appeals 
to you, but you avoid desktop publish- 
ing because you think it's too compli- 
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By BOB GUERRA 

second look at this exciting application. 
Most of the DTP programs available are 
completely menu driven and can be 
operated simply by following on-screen 
prompts. Many feature multiple fonts, 
pre-designed templates, decorative 
borders and large clip art collections. 
Creiitiiig your masterpiece can involve 
little more ihiin making a few selections, 
usually with your choice of keyboard, 
joy.stitk or mouse. 

Tile deluge of new 01 P programs 
has stopped, so there are plenty of bar- 
gains to be found on some of the older 
packages. In addition, .some Commo- 
dore-ready printers let you print your 
creations in black and white (Star Mi- 
cronies' NX-lOOOC)orcolor(Slar'.s NX- 
100()( ; Rainbow) and can often he found 
selling for under S250. 

To give you an idea of the myriad 



possibilities, I've assembled a list (see 
Table 1) of C-G4 programs you may 
warn to consider in your desktop pub- 
lishing foray. All of them can help you 
express yourself in print. 

You might not find every title on your 
local dealer's shelves (as indicated by 
"discontinued"), or the manufacturer 
may have gone out of business (as in- 
dicated by a lack of address), but that 
doesn't mean the software cannot be 
found; check used merchandise ads, 
users' group libraries, software discount 
houses and mail order companies. The 
prices listed are suggested retail, but 
because these programs are not new, 
most can be found selling for less. ■ 

Bob Cuerra, editor for a Hoslon, Massachu- 
setts hospital, kftps a seemingly endless stream 
of software reviews coming RUN's way. 




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Table 1. OBsktop publishtns programs and diBtribiitora. 

Award Maker Plus— 286 jiwiuil tcjnpUut's; integrates 

hlgh-resohitton graphics from n<H)clk-!, Print Magic 

and otlitrs; four fonts; ten borders; print in color with 

appropriate primer; $39.95. 

SportaAwardLibraiyandEducationLibrary— $24.95 

each. 

Sports CartooQ Libiary— $19.95. 

-Baudville, 5380 52nd Si. SE, Grand Rapids, Ml 

49508. 

Printer's Artist— versatile graphics program; lets you 
create I'rim Shop grapliics, ndii text, convert picture 
flics to Newsroom and PrinlMaster fonnals and pritu 
one-color graphics on Commodore or non-Commo- 
dore princers; $9.95. 

Printer's Patriot— over 100 patriotic graphics for The 
Print Shop: Scouts, armed forces and other all -Amer- 
ican images; $9.95. 

Printer's Devil— more dian 125 additional Print Shop 
graphics covering a wide variety of topics; $9.95. 
— BCI Software, 

geoPublish— foi' use with CKOS; one of the most so- 
phisticated and versatile desktop publishing systems; 
create many difierem docunieni.? by combining text, 
graphics, charts, tables, and so on; multiple fonts and 



text sizes; shrink or enlarge artwork; place text over 
graphics; fully itUegrates text and gTapliics from other 
CEOS applications; $49.95. 
-Berkeley Softworks, 2150 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, 

Cj\ 94704. 

The Print Shop— one of the first, and stilt one of the 
best; a multi-purpose graphics printing program; make 
greeting cards, stationery, banners, signs, posters and 
advertising llyers; menu driven; includes eight type 
styles in a wide range of sizes and dozens of pictures 
and synsbols; combine various elements to create your 
own miique design; great for home or oiTiee; includes 
free samples of colorfiil paper and envelopes; $44.95. 
The Print Shop Graphics Library, Holiday Edition — 
for use in connection with The Print Shop; $24.95 
each. 

— Hroderbund Software, 17 Piul Drive, San Rafael, 
0\ 94903. 

The Graphics Transrormer- indispensable graphics 
conversion system; conven.5 grapliics files among 20 
formats, including GEOS, The Print Shop, Koala and 
Do<idle[; extremely fast and easy to use, with clear on- 
screen prompting; supports dual drives; S34.95. 
— CDA, inc. 



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Doodlet—create all lypcs of liigh-R-solution graphics 

with lav, spccLiI functions iiicliKlt.' duplicate, rotate, 

squee/e, reduce, enlarge and stretch; 539.95. 

— Cr)'stal Rose Software, 109 S. I.os Roblcs, Piisadena, 

CA9II07, 

PaperClip Publisher— create newsletters, fiycrs, price 
list.i, tnuims, greeting cards, resiinids, Imichurcs, and 
30 on; built-in graphics editor Ebr lonchittg np pictitrcs; 
import graphics from Otnrageoiis rages, Doodle!, 
Newsroom and others; $49.95. 
Outrageous Pages— icons and piill-down menus; im- 
age editor and foni creation utility; clip art; 60 foiiB; 
letn plates for calendars, invitations and certificati^s; 
printer drivers for i 2 dot inairix printers; not GEOS 
compatible; discontinued by niaiiuf'acturcr. 

— Electronic Arts, 1820 Gateway Drive, San Mateo, CA 
94404. 

Create A Calendar- combtne testt and graphics to cre- 
ate daily, weekly, monthly or .annual calendars; auto- 
matically repeats regularly scheduled events and major 
holidays; includes a wide variety of ihtits, borders and 
graphics for holidays and other occasions; $29,95. 
— Epyx, PO Box 8020, RedwoocJ City, CA 94063. 

Billboard Maker— tniKlify ami print DtKulle!, Print 
Shop, Flexidraw, Koala and other pictures in sections 
that combine to make posters as large as three feel by 
four feet; supports Star, Epson, Okidaia, Panasonic, 
Commodore 1525 and Canon Color Itikjet printers; 
optimizing printer routine sni<Miths jagged lines; 
$34.95. 

—Free Spirit Software, PO Box 128, Rutztowii, PA 
19530. 

AwardWare, CardWarc, HeartWore— .simple, inex- 
pensive graphics progntms that let ycnt create awards 
and certiticates, greeting cards and valentines in both 
electronic and traditional versions; $14.95 each. 
PartyWare — create invitations, baiuicrs, party hats, 
place mats, place cards and awards; also prints prepa- 
ration checklist; $14. 9f>. 

PrintPower — make three styles of greeting cards, signs, 
stationery atid banners; incltnJes fiO assorted graphics, 
40l)orders,sixibntsand 1 1 banner-ty|>e siircs: supports 
over 30 printers; $14.95. 

— HiTech Expressions, 584 Broadway, New York, NY 
10012. 

Fl ex idraw, version 5.5— can be u.sed with ;i l-lexidraw 
liglil pen, joystick, mouse or Ko:lla!^ld; sophisticated 
menu system; master disk ittchides sample drawing 
library, symbol templates ami iinisii synthesizer pro- 
gram; sprite editor/animator for programmers; 

s:m.%. 

The Graphics Integrator 2— converts among several 
graphic file types frotn GEOS, Doodle!, KoalaP;td, 
Computer Eyes, Newsroom, The I'rint Shop, Flexidraw 
and others; includes a slide show utility to display your 



work; supports a variety of printer drivers; $29.95. 

— Inkwell Svstems, 1050-R Pioneer Wav, El C;;tjoti, CA 
92020. 

Business Card Matter— create custom business cards 
with several fonts ;itul H)() graphics; cotiipatible with 
several printers, ittchiditig laser and color; inchnle!* 
business c;ird stot k Icir tractor-feed printers; $39.95. 
-Imracorp, MlfiOSW 1 39th Court, Miami, FL 33 1 SO, 

Holidays and Seasons (Polarware)— an electronic col- 
()ring book [ijr children three and older; uses mouse 
to color outhncd pictures in. 16 colors and prim the 
results on an Okimate 20 color printer; $12.95. 

— Distributed by Merit Software, 13635 Gamma Rd., 
Dalliis, "I^X 75244. 

IVrsonal Newsletter- requires GEOS; faster thati 
gcoPublish; includes clip art library disk; directly im- 
ports geoPaint files and converts Print Shop files; text 
can Ije ttitered directly but can't be imported frotn 
word processing liles; $49,95. 
-.Softsync, 162 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016, 

Word Publisher- 1 etpiire.'i GEOS; word processor 
with IOO,n(U)-word spelhng checker; lets yon cre;tlc 
newsletters and other dot:urnents incorporating graph- 
ics from gcoP.tint; includes six built-in fonts, or you 
can import fonts from geoFont; supports over 100 
popular printers; features Preview mode and mail- 
merge capabilities; $39.95. 

CertiGeale Maker (Springboard Software}— over 200 
awards and certificates make this perfect for use in 
scluMjIs, businesses, clubs and home; select from dozens 
of categories and designs; personalise certificates; in- 
cludes gold seals and stickers; $14,95, 
Certificate Library {Springboard Software)— for use 
with Certilit;ite Maker; over 100 new cerdiicates with 
diffci ent bortlei s and lots of seals and stickers; $ 14.95. 
Newsrooin (Sj>ringboard Software)— includes a library 
of over (iOO pieces of clip art and five different type 
styles; $14.95. 

Clip Art Collections (.Springboard Software)— for use 
with Newsroom; vol. 1, entitled General; vol. 2, Busi- 
ness: vol. 3, Sports and Recreational Activities; $14.95 
apiece. 

— Distribiitetl by Sj>innaker Software, One Kcttdall 
Square, Cambridge, MA 02139. 

PrintMaster Plus— menu driven and simple to oper- 
ate; very similar to Tlie Print Shop in both operation 
an<l Ciip;d)ilities; iticorpoiatcs a versatile calendar 
maker; $;14,95. 

Art Gallery, disks I and II— each has 140 graphics for 
use with I'rintMaster; $;14.95. 

— Unison World, 1321 Harbor Bay I^rkway, Alameda, 
CA94S01. 

Clip art Irom Tin Pitnt Stiop, HUIft Ptwnr Pak «nd OEOS 
Companion. 



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RRCKMBKR 1990 k U N 41 



BEE 64 



With these additional commands, you can type in Basic 
listings faster and more easily. 



The lack of tommnnds in [lie 
f;-(M's ROM edkor tan make 
it dilTitull lo enter programs 
tli;u are wriueii in Basic. Super 
BEE (BEK stands for Basic Editor Kn- 
hancemeiHs) wdds eight new commands 
to the editor to remedy many of its 
problems. The commands inchidt- au- 
tomatic line ninnbering, senditig disk 
connnaiids, dfleting a gnnip oi' lines, 
giving a tlirectory, finding a string, 
merging files, leinimbcring lines and 
unnewing. 

Super BEE is a machine language 
program, but it is written with a Basic 
loader. The program contains many 
Data statfments, so wlien typing it in 
(from Listing 1), be sure to use RUN'a 
Checksinn program to detect any typ- 
ing errors. Also, save it to disk before 
running ii. 

The loader makes a simple check for 
any errors in the data that Checksum 
might have missed. If the Error in Data 
message appears, make any needed 
changes anil lesave the program. If 
there are noernns, Super BEE is poked 
into memory and activated. 

Since Super BEE resides in memory 
locations 49152-30382, it doesn't cause 
any probletiis with your Basic pro- 
grams. Neither does it affect atiy of the 
regular Basic cotnmands. 

Each Super BEE command starts 
with a siiigle quote (shifty"), which lets 
the Basic interpreter recognize thecmn- 
mand without tokenizing it. Not only 
does the single quote allow mv pro- 
gram's commands to be executed, hut 
it also lets you distinguish, at a glance. 
Super BF.K commands from Basic 2.0 
cointnands. 

With the exception of the single 
<]uole, enter Sujier BEE commands ex- 
actly like Basic commands. You can cu- 
ter them one per line or several on a 
line separated by colons. 



By MICHAEL REBELL.\ 

Following are descriptions of Super 
UKK's eight commands. 

The Commands 

'AUTO step enables automatic line 
numbering for typing in a program. 
"Step" specifies the amount (greater 
than zero) lo be added to the previous 
line uuiiilier. Yoii can stop entering 
lines by pressing ihe return key im- 
mediately after a line number, vvithout 
entering any other test. Note that to 
avoid erasing this line, you should Iiold 
dovvn the shift key and then press re- 
turn, cir use the cursor keys to move to 
another line. Ibis does not turn oU 
automatic line numbering, so the next 
lime you enter a line number with fol- 
lowing text, another line nmnber will 
be printed. To turn otf line numbering, 
enter ',\UTO without specifying "step." 

Examples: 

'AU'ro 10 enables automadc line num- 
bering with an increment of 10. 
'AUTO turns off automatic line 
nuiubering, 

'COMMAND string,device sends the 
commands in "string" to the device 
number specified in "device." If a device 
tmiuber isn't specified, 'COMMAND 
deiaults to drive 8. In "string," u.se the 
same conimaiuls as those speciiied in 
the disk drive owners' manual. 

Examples: 

•CO M MAN D "N : DISKN AM E,I D" 
'COMMAND ■■S0:FILE",9 
'COMMAND AS,D 

'DELETE first TO last deletes all 
lines from "fust" through "last," where 
"ill St" is less than or equal to "last." If 
"firsi" is omitted, all hues from the be- 
ginning of the program through "last" 
are deleted. If "last" is omitted, all lines 

RUN it right: C-64 



from "first" through the end oftlie pro- 
gram are deleted. 

Examples; 

'DELETE 30 TO 50 

'DELEFE TO 30 deletes all lines except 

those after 50. 

'DELE IE 100 m leaves only the lines 

numbered less than 100. 

'$, device gives the directory of a disk 
witlunn affecting the program in mem- 
ory. .Again, "device" specifies the dri-ve 
number and defaults to drive 8. 

'FIND string,first TO last searches 
for all occmrences of "siring" in the 
program from lines 'Tirst" through 
"last" and lists the lines containing 
"string" to the screen. "String" can be 
either a string or a string variable. To 
find a string containing quotation 
marks, substitute -(-CHRS{34) for the 
marks. "First" and "last" follow the 
same rules as in 'DELE'I E, except they 
can both be left ovit to search tliiough 
the whole program. You can stop the 
screen listing by pressing the stop key. 

Examples: 

'FIND "GarO",50 TO 100 finds all oc- 
currences of "COTO" in lines 50 
through 100. 

'FIND "IF A= 1" searches for "IF A= I" 
in all lines of the program, 
■FIND "1*RINT"-I-CHRS(34) searches 
for "PRINT* in all lines of the program. 

'MERGE filename,device adds the 
Basic ])rogram in the file specified by 
"filename" to the end of the Basic pro- 
gram already in memory. The com- 
bined program is stored in memory and 
reninnbered wiili the same starting 
number and step size that were last used 
in the 'NUMBER command described 
below. Again, "device" speciBes the de- 



42 R u N 



DECEMBER 1990 



vice number and dcfaulls to drive 8, 

Examples: 

"MERGE "END PROG". 1 
'MERGE "PROGRAM" 

'NUMBER tirst,step renumbers a 
program, starting with "first" and with 
each successive line number "step" 
larger than the previous. If you wish to 
use the same values for "first" and 
"step " simply enter 'NUMBER withtnit 
specifying "first" and "step." 'NUMBER 



does not change line numbers in GoTo 
and GoSub statements; you must 
change these yourself. 

'UNNEW revives a Basic program 
that you erased with the New com- 
mand. 'UNNEW will not work if you 
assigned any variables or entered any 
new lines since the New command. 

Additional Notes 

/Uways njake sure a fi^rmatted disk is 
in the drive when using the 'S com- 



mand. Otherwise, you will find garbage, 
followed by an infinite number of car- 
riage returns, printed to the screen. If 
this hap[)ens, press run -stop/rest ore 
and then enter CLOSE 1. Super BEE 
is not disabled by the restore key or in 
any way other than turning off the 
computer. SB 

Michael Kebella, a recent computer sci- 
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Uating 1. Super BEE pr«srim, lAvalleble on ReRUN disk. Sea artier eard feeing page 48.1 



10 REM BASIC EDITOR S4 ENltANCEM 
ENTS - MICHAEL REBELLA 

:REM*207 
20 PRINT"(SHFT CLR}POKING BASIC 
EDITOR ENHANCEMENTS": REM* 92 
30 PRINT" {CRSR DN)PLEASE WAIT" 

:REM»1B2 

40 FOR I = 49152 TO 50382:READ 

A:POKE I,A:T=T+A:PRINT"."; :N 

EXT I : HEM* 3 4 

50 IF T <> 155586 THEN PRItiT"{2 

CRSR DNs} ERROR IN DATA": EN 

D :REM*52 

60 SYS49152: PRINT" (SHFT CLE} (C 

RSH DN> BASIC EDITOR ENHANCEM 

ENTS NOW ACTIVEtCOMD 7}" 

:REM*104 

70 DATA 169,11,141,8,3,169,192, 

141,9,3,96,32,115,0,201 ,39,2 

40,6,32,121,0 :REM*55 

80 DATA 76,231,167,32,115,0,162 

,0,221,57,192,240,8,232,224, 

8,240,15,75,29 :REM*59 

90 DATA 192,138,10,170,189,66,1 

92,72,189,65,192,72,96,76,8, 

175,78,70,65 :REM*46 

00 DATA 68,77,85,36,67,152,192 

,54,193,90, 1 94,236,194,183, 

195,6,196,84,196 :REM*197 

10 DATA 173,196,185,132,192,13 

3,251 ,185,1 33,192,133,252,1 

52,74,168,1 85 :REM*144 

20 DATA 146,192,168,32,115,0,2 

09,251 ,208,3,136,208,246,96 

,82,69,66,77,85 :REH*4 

30 DATA 68,78,73,164,85,69,136 

,69,69,71,82,69,162,78,175, 

77,77,79,108,192 :REM»220 

40 DATA 113,192,116,192,118,19 

2,121 ,192,125,192,127,192,5 

,3,2,3,4,2,4,160 :REM*94 

50 DATA 0,32,81,192,240,3,76,8 

,175,32,11 5,0,240,44,32,138 





,173, 


160 


DATA 




21 ,14 




,138, 


170 


DATA 




76,72 




,165, 


180 


DATA 




167,1 




9,51, 


190 


DATA 




192,3 




208,1 


200 


DATA 




,133, 




,160, 


210 


DATA 




3,254 




,251, 


220 


DATA 




193,1 




73,54 


230 


DATA 




232,3 




240,3 


240 


DATA 




,163, 




3,165 


250 


DATA 




96,13 




24,16 


260 


DATA 




165,4 




,233, 


270 


DATA 




3,76, 




8,32, 


280 


DATA 




15,32 




3,165 


290 


DATA 




60,2, 




,251, 



32,247,183 
165,20,141 , 

i1 ,52,1 93,32 
173,32,247 
183,165,20, 

1,178,165,20 
21,141,54 
193,32,218, 
62,1 ,181 ,43 
193,157,49 
193,202,16, 
2,5,193,165 
,96,32,18 
193,76,233, 
251,165,254 
0,177,251 
1 33,253,200 
,200,96,173 
173,50,193 
200,145,251 
09,49,193,1 
,193,109,50 
193,141,50, 
,10,0,160,2 
,76,8,175 
32,1 1 5,0,32 
182,201,41, 

.,168,169,0 
240,2,177,3 
6,16,248,32 
5,43,133 
251 ,165,44, 

,5,233,2,133 

0,133,254 

75,135,1 93, 

8,175,32,99 

175,195,176 

3,76,72,178 

,44,168,165 

.,252,229 
254,144,3,7 
177,251,133 
133,21,162 



:REM*6 


300 


51 ,193,165, 




,253,174,32 




:REM*24 3 


310 


5,21,208,3, 




,141,53,193 




:REM*41 


320 


192,76,174, 




,149,253,18 




:REH*27 


330 


243,32,252, 




,251,5,252, 




:REM*192 


340 


192,165,253 




,133,252,96 




:REM*206 


350 


,177,251,13 




,49,193,145 




:REM*245 


360 


,24,173,53, 




41 ,49,193,1 




:REM*253 


370 


193,96,0,0, 




,32,81 ,192, 




: REM* 8 8 


380 


,158,173,32 




144,3,76,11 




:REM*220 


390 


4,153,206,1 




,121,0,208, 




:REM*52 


400 


133,252,56, 




,253,165,46 




:REM*2 24 


410 


201 ,44,240, 




,195,176,22 




:REM*15 


420 


,169,0,133, 




,251,197,25 




: REM*! 60 


430 


6,174,167,1 




,20,200,177 




:REM*236 


440 



DATA 0,32,83,195, 
0,177,251,240,80, 
6,17,157,247,196 
DATA 201 ,34,208,6 
,1,133,15,200,232 
2,165,1 5,240,4 
DATA 104,76,191 ,1 
233,127,1 41 ,49,1 9 
60,255,206,49 
DATA 193,240,8,20 
160,16,250,48,243 
58,160,48,7,157 
DATA 247,196,232, 
,41,127,141,49,19 
173,49,193,76 
DATA 191,193,142, 
,0,1 57,247,196,16 
195,169,0,168 
DATA 1 70,72,162,0 
96,240,10,217,247 
9,232,200,76,31 
DATA 194,104,166, 
32,205,189,169,32 
5,160,0,185,247 
DATA 196,240,6,32 
0,208,245,169,1 3, 
,76,143,193,104 
DATA 1 68,200,1 52, 
,176,244,1 44,193, 
1 ,1 92,240,3,76,8 
DATA 17 5,32,115,0 
,138,173,32,247,1 
5,21 ,208,3,76,72 
DATA 178,165,20,1 
,165,21 ,141 ,236,1 
,141,2,3,169,194 
DATA 141 ,3,3,76,1 
,131,141,2,3,169, 
3,76,174,167,32 
DATA 96,165,134,1 
,32,115,0,170,240 
55,134,58,144,6 
DATA 32,121 ,165,7 



160,0,162, 
201,127,17 
:REM*25 
,165,15,73 
,208,231 ,7 

:REM*1 71 
93,104,56, 
3,152,72,1 
:REM*99 
0,185,158, 
,200,185,1 
:REM*78 
76,241,193 
3,104,168, 

:REM*125 
49,193,169 
2,0,32,83, 
:REM*46 
,189,206,1 
,196,208,3 

:REM*128 
20,165,21, 
,32,210,25 

;REM*240 
,71,171,20 
32,210,255 

:REM*138 
204,49,1 93 
160,4,32,8 

:REM*244 
,240,38,32 
83,165,20, 

:REM*120 
41 ,235,194 
94,169,157 

:REM«223 
74,167,169 
164,141 ,3, 

:REM*214 
22,132,123 
,243,162,2 

:REM*248 
6,225,167, 



DECEMBER 1990 RUN 43 



BEE 64 



32,107,169,32,121,0,2Cl8,3,7 
6, 159,164, 24, 1S5 :REM*117 

450 DATA 2(j, 109, 235, 194, 168, 165 
,21,109,236,194,32,145,179, 
32,223,189,160,0 :REM*ie3 

460 DATA 185,0,1,240,6,153,119, 
2,200,208,245,169,160,200,1 
53,119,2,132,198 :REM*22 

470 DATA 76,159,164,10,0,160,6, 
32,81,192,240,3,76,8,175,32 
,99,195,144,11 :REH*120 

480 DATA 169,0,168,145,251,200, 
145,251 ,76,61 ,195,32,175,19 
5,176,3,76,72 :REM*154 

490 DATA 178,160,255,162,2,32,8 
3,195,160,0,177,253,145,251 
,141,49,193,200 :REM*69 

500 DATA 177,253,145,251,13,49, 
193,240,20,162,2,200,177,25 
3,145,251,200 ;REH*173 

510 DATA 202,203,248,177,253,14 
5,251,240,215,200,208,247,1 
62,0,32,83,195 ;REM*229 

520 DATA 165,251,133,45,165,252 
,133,46,32,51 ,165,32,99,166 
,76,174,167,200 :REM*150 

530 DATA 152,24,117,251,149,251 
,144,2,246,252,202,202,16,2 
42,96,169,0, 1 33 ;REM*98 



540 


DATA 20,133,21 ,32,115,0,144 




,152,24,101,34 :REM*189 




,7,201 ,164,240,6,76,8,175,3 


640 


DATA 160,0,145,43,165,35,10 




2,107,169,32,19 :REM*55 




5,0,200,145,43,136,162,3,23 


550 


DATA 166,165,95,133,251,165 




0,34,208,2,230 :REM*93 




,96,1 33, 252, 32, 121, 0,2 40, 15 


650 


DATA 35,177,34,208,244,202, 




,201,164,208,230 :REM*126 




208,243,165,34,105,2,133,45 


560 


DATA 32,115,0,144,3,208,223 




,165,35,105,0 :REM*64 




,95,32,107,169,32,19,166,1 4 


660 


DATA 133,46,32,99,166,32,11 




4,9,230,20,208,2 :REM*217 




5,0,76,174,167,32,115,0,32, 


570 


DATA 230,21,32,19,166,165,9 




250,195,160,0,32 :REM*172 




5,133,253,165,96,133,254,24 


670 


DATA 186,255,169,2,162,172, 




,96,165,253,197 :REM*196 




160,196,32,189,255,32,192,2 


580 


DATA 251,165,254,229,252,96 




55,162,1,32,198 :REH*96 




,160,8,32,81,192,240,3,76,8 


680 


DATA 255,32,207,255,32,207, 




,175,32,236,195 :REH*62 
DATA 160,0,32,186,255,165,4 




255,32,207,255,133,251,32,2 


590 




07,255,5,251,240 :REM*123 




5,56,233,2,170,165,46,233,0 


690 


DATA 30,169,13,32,210,255,3 




,168,169,0,32 :REM*215 




2,207,255,170,32,207,255,32 


600 


DATA 213,255,144,3,76,156,2 




,205,189,169,32 :REM*249 




25, 134, 45,1 32, 46, 32, 51, 165, 


700 


DATA 32,210,255,32,207,255, 




32,218,192,76 :REM*209 


240,219,32,210,255,208,2 46, 


610 


DATA 17 4,167,32,115,0,208,3 




169,1,32,195,255 :REM*129 




,76,8,175,32,87,226,32,121 , 


710 


DATA 32,204,255,76,174,167, 




0,240,6,32,0,226 :REM*104 




36,48,160,12,32,81 ,192,240, 


620 


DATA 76,4,196,162,8,169,1,9 


720 


3,76,8,175,32 :REM*116 




6,160,10,32,81,192,240,3,76 


DATA 236,195,160,15,32,186, 




,8,175,165,43 :REH*1 51 




255,32,192,255,169,1,32,195 


630 


DATA 133,34,165,44,133,35,1 




,255,32,204,255 :REM*63 




60,3,200,177,34,208,251,200 


730 


DATA 76,174,167,221:REM*149 




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A European import has appeared on U.S. shores, promisirig 
an increase in desktop publishing capabilities. 
By BETH S. JALA 



Hanoyscanner 64 B+ 

Here's a Novel Way 

To Spice Up All 

Your Published Products 

The Cummodore 64 has always re- 
minded mc of I he little tar in ;j circus 
ring that dozens of performers pile out 
of: Just when yoti think you've seen 
everything it has to otTer, something 
else appears. 

The latest hit ot wizardry for the 
C-64 is a handscanner. Tliis German 
import, called liandyscanner C4, is the 
first handheld scanner available for the 
Commodore, Wiih it, you can digitize 
graphic art and photographs, cdil theni 
with the aid of accompanying drawing 
programs, and then use tliem in your 
newsletters, posters, letters or other 
published products. 

A cartridge ))lugs into your coinpui- 
er's user poit, and the scanner plugs 
into the cartridge. Since both use .some 
power, an auxiliary power supply also 
plugs into the cartridge. 

Handystanncr itself is about fimr 
inches wide by five inches long; its scan- 
ning window is about two-and-a-half 
inches wide. Photos or drawings wider 
than that can be scanned in strips 
then pasted together using an 
optional drawing program. 



How It Works 

Two dials on the scanner's 
side regulate the brigliiness and 
contrast of the scan. By adjusting them, 
the scanner is able to handle Just about 
any type of photo or drawing— even 
ones with poor contrast. One of the 
settings lets the scanner turn photos 
into halftones. 

On top of the scanner is a window and 
a button, '["he window glows hum the 
faintly lighted [,Kl)s, which provide the 
greenish-yellow light for the material 
being scanned. Press the button, and the 
LEDs brighten, indicating that the scan- 
ner is now— literally— ready to roll. 

As you slide the scanner slowly down 




The Handyscanner setup: An auxiliary powier supply and Che acannar bath plug into a 
cartridge in your computer's user port. 

is finished, pre.ss the run-stop key to 
begin the conversion process. The 
scanned material will appear on the 
screen within ten to 40 seconds, de- 
pending on the si/.e of the scan, 

Handyscanner comes wiih its own 
graphics program, so the scanned ma- 
terial can be cleaned up or altered. The 
program, which works with either a joy- 
stick or 13.") 1 mouse, has enlargement 
and reduction capabilities and a pixel- 
editing hniction, and can produce pat- 
terns and ellipses. 

Expect the best outcome when scan- 
ning black-and-white Une drawings, 
charts and graphs. High-contrast color 
drawings also scan well. Getting good 
results from color photographs re- 
quites experimentation, however. 

This technolog)' has its price: The 
scanner head, software, cartridge and 
power converter carry a tag of $299.95. 
Nearly the tost ofa C-64 and disk drive, 
the scanner is a tnajor investment com- 
pared to the cost of the compiner with 
which it will be used, 

Tlie price may scare some C-64 own- 




Picturea of Che printer end Garfielil (above) 
Mare SEBnned by Handyicanner 64. 



the page, you won't be able to see what 
you're doing on the nu>nitoi'. The 
screen turn.s blue and flickers as the 
scanner does its work. When the scan 



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DKt;t:.MBER 1990 



PHaroGRAPHEO BY LARRY DUNN 



HARDWARE GALLERY 



ers away. But don't worry about pur- 
chasing a product that's been untested 
in the marketplace. Richard Ollins, 
president of Date! Computers, import- 
ers ofHandyscanner 64, said the scan- 
ner has been available in Europe for 
about three years. 

Pacefox 

So, what do you do witli the finished 
scanned images? Datcl has the answer. 
F^gefox, a desktop publishing program 
that's also been in Europe for some 
time, is available for the Handyscanner. 
In fact, there's even an icon in Pagefox 
to activate [he scanning program. 

"Conversion programs are now being 
written that will move the scanned im- 
ages into drawing programs that are 
popular in the United States," said 
Ollins. He menuoned that by the time 
RUN readers see this review, those pro- 
grams should be ready. "There will be a 
conversion program so the scanned im- 
ages can be used with GEOS," he added. 

higefox, with a suggested retail price 
of 1139.95, uses a cartridge that plugs 



into the game port of the C-64. TTiis 
cartridge is a 96K storage-expansion 
nujtlule that lets F^gefox work quickly. 

htgefox is also packed with features. 
It can flow text so that the edge of the 
type contours to match an adjacent 
drawing. It has 12 character sets, all of 
which can use any combination of eight 
special elTects, including italic, bold, 
outline and 3-D outline. 

I, ike desktof) publishing programs 
for the Amiga, I'agelbx uses "rubber 
band boxes" to designate the area 
where text will go. Once in place, the 
box can be stretched or shrunk, so the 
block of copy can fit on the page. 

Pagefox has a menu bar across the 
bottom of the screen that changes when 
you press the space bar. There are two 
different bars for selecting options like 
free-hand drawing, text functions, 
erase, "spray" paint, disk commands, 
printing, and so on. A third menu bar 
offers 20 fill patterns. 

Sophisticated features, including 
kerning (stjueczing letters together so 
they look more appealing in headlines). 



are also available in I'agefox. In addi- 
tion, you can purchase a §49.95 char- 
acter-set editor called Characterfox, 
which lets you make your own typefaces. 

The manual 1 received for I'agefox 
had been translated from German, and 
I found it to be a somewhat bumpy 
read: "Graphics you place easily by 
moving them to the wanted place with 
mouse or joystick" is one example of its 
awkward construction. The final ver- 
sion, which should smooth out those 
bum])s, would alsjj benefit from a tu- 
torial showing you how to assemble a 
page for a two- or three-column news- 
letter with a banner at the top, some 
headlines, lext and pictures. 

To sum up: A pricey, but capable 
handscanner has arrived fiir the C-64 
and promises GEOS compatibility. And, 
as a full-featured desktop publishing 
program with expanded memofy, Page- 
fox works quickly. (Datei Computers, 3430 
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128 Mode 



Leant how you can, with a few Basic commamh and an atlas, 
easily draw a map on your 40-colunm screen. 
By MARK JORDAN 



ITS Fj\SY to DR-'WV maps on a 
C-128, Al! yi>ii need is a rudimentary 
ktiowledgL' of B;isic (which follows) and 
a map to rt'fcr to. 

M;il)-makiiig on tlie 128 is so simpk' 
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correspoiniinf^ < oordinales are latitude 
and lonj^itutie. ,Sim:e ladtude and lon- 
gitude tan he determined for any |)c)inl 
on the I'.artli's surface, diiplicalitij; that 
pt>int on your )28 is as easy <is putting 
maf) coortiinates into the Draw com- 
mand in a continuous stream. 

DRAWING A Continent 

[x-t's mosey through a very simple 
map-making venture in Basic 7.0. Since 
Australia is a neat, weli-defmed conti- 
nent, we'll draw it. To show how simple 
the process is, we'll do the whole thing 
from Direct mode, which means no pro- 
gram lines are needed. 

First gel into Graphics mode with: 

c;rai'1ik: 2.1.10 

This puts us into split-screen graphics 
(with the s]3lit at line 10), so that we can 
type in our commands at tlie bottom 
half of the .screen and see the map at 
the lop. 

Next, we need a map of Australia that 
has longitude and latitude Unes. (It's a 
good idea to have die map in front of 
you now, so you can follow along.) Aus- 
tralia's northeastern peninsula comes to 
a sharp point, so let's use it as our start- 
ing point. My map says the longitude 
is about 143, and the latitude is ap- 
proximately 1 1. Begin with: 

DRAW 1,143,1] 

If you press the return key after typ- 
ing the above, you'll just get a dot on 
your screen. We wiinl to use t!ie con- 
tinuous drawing ieature for our map, 
so don't press return jusi yet. 

From this point, we need to move in 




a straight line as far as we can. Since 
the eastern slope ofAustralia is roughly 
stiaighl all the way to Bri.sbanc, let's 
make it our next .set oltoordinates ( l,')3 
longitude, 28 latitude). The line should 
now look like this: 

DR.W 1.143,11 TO 153,28 

See how easy it is? We can go to the 
next prominent point by adding an- 
other TO onto the same line. I^et's go 
down tt> just east of Melbourne 
(14'.),;iB). then to just west of Melbourne 
{140,;18), then art: northwest to the 
southern bolder between West Aus- 
tralia and South Australia (130,30), and 
finally over to the southwest corner 

RUN it right; C-I28 (in 40-Column mode) 



• fmiMiitn. 



(1 16,34), Here's what the line looks like 
so far: 

DRjWV 1.143,11 TO L'i3,28'IO I4S.38 TO 
14().3H'R) 130,30 TO 116.34 

There's a place called Onslow that's al- 
most a straight shot up .Vustralia's west- 
ern coast. It's at 1 15,22. From Onslow, 
we need to mo\e nortiieast to near Dar- 
win (132,12) before heading back south 
to Nornianton (141,18). We complete 
our map hv going back to the same co- 
ordinates we started with— 143,11. 
Here's the entire continent in one Direct 
mode line; 



DRAW 1,143,11 TO 153,28 TD 149,38 TO 



5U H tJ N • nKCKMBliR 1990 



tUUSTRAIKD M LAURA CORNELL 



i40,38TO i3o,3mr) ne.S'i'ro 115,22 

TO 132,!2'ro 141.18 TO 143,11 

Go ahead, press return and watch 
what happens. Viewing the drawing in 
progress should convince you of two 
things: anybody can do this, and ours 
woiiltl be a more refined ma[) if we had 
taken the time to fjlot more points. 

The more coordinates, the more ac- 
curate the map. However, you would 
need to turn your draw lines into pro- 
gram lines. When you do that, you must 
start each succeeding Draw command 
with relative coordinates. Here's how; 

DR.W 1, + 0,+0'ro. . . 

The two +0s keep the pixel cursor 
where you last left it, so you can add 
more coordinates and continue your 
drawing. 

Our map of Austraha has only one 
problem— it's small. To double its si^e, 
we simply need to multijily the coor- 
dinates by 2; to triple its si/e, multiply 
by 3; and so forth. It's a good idea to 
put your coordinates into Data state- 
ments and read them out from inside 
a loop. That way, you can factor in the 
constant as you read them. If you do it 
this way, you'll need to type in an extra 
Draw command at the beginning to es- 
tablish the starting ]K)int, like this: 

10 DRAW 1, 143*7, 11*7 

20 FOR T=0 lO 9:READ X,Y:DRAW 

]. + 0, + 'ID X*7,V*7:NF.Xr 
30 Dz-a'A 143,11,153.28,149,38,140,38, 

130,30, 11 6,34, 11. '5. 22,132, 12, 141, 

18.143,11 

Enlarging our map to (It the screen 
presents another problem— centering 




This map gfths U.S. wsi drawn In Basic on 

aC-128. 

it. This can be done by adjusting the 
coordinates of the northwest corner of 
the map. First, find the west-most point 
(for Australia, it's 113) and deduct thai 
value from all longitude points. Then, 
find the northern-most point {11) and 
deduct that value from all the latitudes. 
The loop, would be readjusted like so; 

10 FORT = 0'ro 9:READ X,Y:DR.W 
l. + 0, + 0'!O{X-115);*8. 
(Y-11)*8:NEXT 

Some Cautions 

This exercise helps to understand the 
nature of mapt)ing and its inherent dif- 
ficulties. One obstacle is that Earth is 
round, not Hat, and any attempt to dis- 
play it on a two-dimensional surface will 
do injustice to the place you're drawing. 
Another factor is that nature's borders, 
unlike man-made boi'ders, are never 
straight lines. Compared to Australia, 
drawing Colorado is a snap. 

The biggest difficulty you'll run into 



is the fact that longiiude is measured 
west or east from the Creenvvich me- 
ridian up to 180 degrees, and latitude 
is measured south or north from the 
equator up to 90 degrees. This means 
that, for areas in the western and north- 
ern hemispheres, longitude coordinates 
increase from right to left, and latitude 
coordinates increase from bottom to 
top, which is exactly opposite fnmi the 
normal way of reading coordinates. I 
chose Australia for our tutorial map 
because it's in the southern and eastern 
hemispheres, and thus the map draws 
the way we would ex])ect it to, with 
longiiude increasing from left to right 
and latitude from top to bottom. The 
United States is just tlie opposite; draw 
its coordinates directly, and you'll get a 
map with IHorida pt)inting towards the 
upper-left corner of your screen! 

The way around the problem is sim- 
ple: Subtract all longitude and latitude 
values from 180 to reverse them. The 
accompanying demo program (which 
draws a very crude U.S. map) demon- 
strates this. To see the demo, type in 
Listing I, using RUN'S Checksum pro- 
gram to took for typing errors, and save 
it to disk before running it. 

The demo also shows another basic 
command at work: Scale. With .Scale, 
you can stretch and shrink ma[)s in 
many interesting ways. When you run 
the demo, feel free to experiment. We 
don't have room to explore Scale's 
depths this month, but we will next time. 
Until then, map on, O Columbus! [D 

Mark Jordan, a hij^lt school English 
teacher by profession, i% fiirrmth mapping 
his imy ihrmtfrh the globe ou his 128. 



Listing 1. Map drawing damD program. lAvallable an ReHUN disk. See order csrd facing page 48.1 



10 REM MAP OF THE U. S. A. :REM*59 

20 GRAPHICf5,1 SPRINT" {SHFT CLR}F 120 

IHST, A SPRITE-SIZED MAP":SL 

EBP1 :REM*59 130 

30 Xx20500:Y=12400:GOSUB1 10 

;REM*209 140 
40 DO :REM*18 

50 GRAPHIC0,1 : PRINT" (SHFT CLR)P 150 

ICK SCALE COORDINATES" 160 
:REM*250 
60 PRINT" {3 spaces) (FOR A FULL 170 

MAP, X=6500, Y=2800)(CRSR DM 180 

)" :REH*230 190 

70 INPUT"CHO0SE FROM 320-32000 200 

FOR X";X :REM*86 210 

80 INPUT"CHOOSE FROM 200-32000 

FOR y";Y :REM*62 220 

90 GOSUBn0 :REM*158 

100 LOOP :REM*ai 

110 GRAPHIC1 ,1 ;SCALE1 ,X, Y 



:REM*2 52 
DRAW 1,12800-125*100,4950-4 
8*100 :REM*240 

RESTORE a30:FORTa0TO38:READ 
LO,LA :REM*170 

DRAW 1,+0,+0 TO 12800-LO*10 
0,4950-LA*100 :REM*79 
tJEXT :REM*25 

IFX < > 20 500THENSLEEP2 ; G0T02 7 
:REM*122 

REM SPRITE ROUTINE 
PAINT 1,500,500 
SCALE0 

FORI=0TO7STEP4 
FORT=0TO3:J=T*I:K= 



REM*236 

REM* 194 

:REM*5 

: REM* 9 7 

=J+1 

:REM*1 1 3 

SSHAPE AJ(J) ,T*24,L,T*24+23 

,L+20:SPRSAV AS ( J) , K:MOVSPR 

K,T*24+100,L+100:SPRITE K, 

1,5 :REM*109 



230 


NEXT 


240 


L=L+21: 


250 


TI$="00 


260 


DO: FORT 




SPRITET 




TI>300 


270 


RETURN 


280 


DATA 90 




5,88,42 




3,42,80 




7,68,47 


290 


DATA 70 




5,82,31 




0,30,89 




6,100,2 


300 


DATA 10 




07,32,1 




120,35, 



:REM*105 
NEXT :REH*255 

0000" :REM*246 

=1T08:R=RND(1 )*1 5+1 ; 
,1 ,R:NEXT:LO0P tJNTIL 

:REM*132 

:REM«157 
,47,92,45,54,46,87,4 
,87,42,85,45,83,45,8 
,42,75,45,71 ,45,69,4 
,67,4 5 :REM*132 

,44,71 ,42,74,40,76,3 
,80,27,81,25,84,30,9 
,29,95,29,97,27,97,2 
8 : REM* 152 

2,30,104,29,105,30,1 
10,32,1 15,33,117,33, 
124,40,125,48 

:REM*1 64 



DECtMBER 1990 ■ R U N 51 



ProTips 



Use your software and hardware to best advantage 
by applying this month's tips. 
By HAROLD R. BJORNSEN 



Fleet System 4 (version 4.32): 

When printing faiifold postcards that 
have the same text, press Fl, followed 
by O, C and N. TTien enter the number 
of copies you want at the query, 

—Richard L. West 

Spring Valley, CA 



FONTMASTER: Making address labels 
is so easy to do! The only time-consum- 
ing parts are making sure you have the 
converted graphics that you plan to use 
saved on your disk and saving your 
label formats. Once you get the setups 
(see below), make sure you save them. 
(Remember to adjust the printhcad up 
or down to properly center text on the 
labels.) 

For three-line labels; (ESC)pl6:lml: 
rm35:tmO:bmO(ESC)lDl:(graphic){skip 
a line) 

For four-line labels: (ESC)pl6:lml: 
rm35:tmO:bmO:cylD2:(graphic) 

For a five-line label using the setup 
for four lines, condensed and justified: 
Add ls7 or 8 to ESC line and add a line 
or two 

For six-line labels, centered: (ESC) 
pl6:ls7:lml:rm35:tm0:bm0:cy 

The labels— which all my friends 
love- even surprise those who use 
IBM PCs! 

— JOLENE EhRET 
KiLLEEN, TX 



GEOS AND THE CMD HARD 

DRIVE: Even though this hard drive is 
faster than any other drive when using 
GEOS, it still may be best lo use it as a 
storage device and use a RAM expan- 
sion unit to run the applications. Case 
in point: A search of a 183-record file 
with geoFile took 70 seconds with a 1 58 1 
drive, 30 seconds with the CMD hard 
drive, and ten seconds with the REU. 

— BUDDV Grohs 
Bay Minette. AL 



GEOFlLE: The documentation men- 
tions that you can use Commodore/Z 
to clear a record of data. Use this same 



command to clear a search form before 
you enter new search data. This pre- 
vents having any inadvertent data in 
the search form. 

Since a field will hold more charac- 
ters than there is room for (the field 
blanks out and looks empty), you may 
have data in a field and not realize it. 
I do not recommend putting more 
characters in a field than there is room 
for; if you need more room, make the 
field bigger. It'll save you grief. 

— Blody Groiis 
Bay Minette, AL 



Paperclip Publisher: when load- 
ing PapcrClip Publisher, load the main 
program by entering "PCP.PR0G",8,1, 
and then run it. This bypasses the title 
screen and the waiting for the graphics 
and animation to finish— it gets you to 
the main program faster. 

When saving changes (do this often) 
lo the active (closing) file, use the Exit 
option from the Project menu rather 
than the Close option. When the pro- 
gram prompts you to go to Basic, an- 
swer no, and it will return you to the 
active file. If you use the Close option, 
the program makes you reo|)en the file, 
(mce again wasting precious time. 

-Robert Hartlk 

TlONEST\. PA 



Paperclip III: The F2 key recalls any 
previously viewed disk directory in- 
stantly, because it's still in memory, just 
as long as the Video Preview opuon 
hasn't been used. 

To see the disk name and the number 
of blocks free, press conti()l/2 first, then 
the British pound sign twice followed 
by return. 

—Michael Haher-mann 
Baltimore, MD 

Paperclip III: Naming your docu- 
ments with a prefix denoting their pur- 
pose lets you use the control/2 selective 
directory much more effectively. For ex- 
ample, I prefix filenames of letters with 



"I." and filenames of documents with 
"d.". I also use the last seven characters 
of the filename for dating in a year/ 
month/day (YYMMDD) format, fol- 
lowed by a period, or an extension letter 
or number if the file is part of a chain. 
This way, I can tell at a glance, for 
example, if I wrote a letter to someone 
on a certain day. The YYMMDD format 
is handy for sorung the directory with 
a directory editor like that found in 
Maverick or the 1581 Toolkit, 

— D. Dayion Livingston 
Holbrook, AZ 



Word Writer 4: if you have a 
C-64 or a C-128 and a 24-pin printer, 
buy this program, and G064! The 
printout of this word processor's many 
fonts has almost laser-tike quality. The 
curved portions of the characters do not 
have the stair-step outlines so common 
to computer printouts. 

—Robert M. Mayo 
Baton Rouge, LA 



Word Writer 128: To set this word 

processor for your printer, load the ap- 
propriate printer file liom the boot disk 
(side I), (hen save this as a (ile named 
"DEFAULT". If you have a screen and 
character color preference, set them 
(using the Commodore/B and Com- 
modore/C commands) after loading the 
printer file, hut prior to saving it as a 
default file. This causes Word Writer 
128 to come up ready for your printer, 
with your screen and character colors 
already in place. This also works with 
all printer formatting connnands (Reset 
Printer, Number Rages, and so on). It 
will not work if you preset the printer 
to such things as NLQ mode or italics. 

—J El-K BOAHMA.N 

CIj\RK.SV1LLE, TNb 

Send your lips to ProTips, RUN Aftiga- 
zine, 80 Elm St., Peterlmrougb, MH 03458. 
Include your name and complete address. Note 
the version niv!ther(ifany) of tlie software you 
use and inhidt Commodore computer your tip 
is for. RUN pays $5 per submission. 



52 R V S 



DECEMBER 1990 



Gold Mine 



More tips to help you advance in your favorite games, including 
Bard's Tale III, Red Storm Rising and Zak McKracken. 
By LOUIS F. SANDER 



Bard's Tale III: Tlie Soul Spear is noi 
the only item ymi can use to slay Tslothii 
Gartli. li you can get close enough for 
liancl-io-liatul comb;)t, you can kill him 
with I he Slouc Blade. 

In ilic Valariati Tovver, you'll fiiKi yovu' 
way blocked by a laixe ixitk. Notice thai 
there's a small orifice below the rock, 
about the si;re of an acorn. Iltntnm. 

det an acorn from the tree, then get a 
container of the Water of Lile from the 
Winer oil.ilc lountain in lire [.'ndenvater 
I'alatc. ( ■(! back to the laige lock, put the 
actnii in tiie hole, atui pour sfime Water 
of Life on it. .'\ tree will grow hefiire your 
veiy eyes, lilting the nx:k and clearing 
your way. 

The old man in the fisherman's hut 
will give you the Gill spell, wbirb will let 
yotn' gitnij) breathe underwater for a 
while. 

.Since "special" class characters (those 
not contnilled l)y ycni. such as statues, 
creatuics who join you, and so on) can't 
use items, it is a good idea to have them 
carrj' things used by other characters, 
like Harmonic Gems and TNI! 'Hie ex- 
tra space comes in ver\' band)-. 

— Raul SoTC) 
ARKcttio, I'tii'Kio Rico 



The Games: Winter Edition: In die 

Ski Juni]), you can get at least 70-75 
meters each time by ti.sing this tech- 
nique: As you go into the third-person 
view, leaii as far fonvavd as ])ossible, with 
your arms up. This makes yon as fhit a.s 
you c;ni get, I'ull up, and land when you 
feel conil(>rtable. 

— An UK Bv Flkm 1 N'f ; 
St. Mori r/, Swnzi;Ri.AM) 



Pool ok Radiance: To dear ilie sluins, 
you need to lighl I !i rimdcmi enctHnners 
ami nine set ciicomiters. I beset eixoitn- 
lers are at or near these coordinates: 
(13,1), (10,1). (7,0), (0.2). (H,3), (0,7), 
(!,.")), (:i,ll)aml(0.!4). 

The only magic treasure you'll find is 
on the set encounters, so don't waste 
your Deled Magic spells elsewhere. 

There is a secret treasure room at 



(0,0). To enter il, go to (1,0) and move 
West. There is ;ilso a treasure at or near 
(6,2), (4,10). 

— ^ToDD Sinclair 
St!isi;N, CA 



Red Storm Rising: If yon'tc- having 
trouble identifying a ship using the 
Acoustic Sii^nature mode, tiy using the 
periscope to ID it. Be aware, however, 
that this may give away your position to 
siu la( (' ships. 

Under the ice]>ack, you can become 
invisible to lot petloes by lollowing these 
directions; (io ttube dirtiest water in the 
area, go to maxiinuiii depth, then go to 
zero power. Next, examine the .Sea (>on- 
diiions screen and compare your noise 
level (in the upper-iigbt corner) lo the 
ambient noise. If your noise level is lower 
than the ambient noise, then ymi are 
practically invisible. 

— Tim Cunakd 
Al>(), NY 



Teenage Mutant Ninja TirRTLE.s: 

When you are in the sewers, use Leonar- 
do, It) level I, irse Donatello lo beat Ite- 
tiop and Rocksteady I le is the most pow- 
eiliil Untie in ihe bunch, alibougli he's 
very slow. 

While in the water in level 2, use 
Raphael and .Michaclangclo to defuse 
tile bombs. You'll need the other two tur- 
tles b)r the next boaicl. Don't worry, 
Ra[)hael arrd Micbaelangelo will ])ig out 
<ni pWr.i laiei', 

for level .'i, ^ei aboui 30 Anii-Vofn 
Clan Missiles to break through the bar- 
ricades. Wlien you gel to Mecatunle, use 
all your mrtlcs. 

When you are in Iniildings in levt.'ls ;i 
anel 4, u.se Dunalello. 1,'se Ra]>bael and 
Micliaelangelo only as a last resort. 

\'oiir main obiective in level 4 is logel 
to section 18, wheiv big Mouser holds 
liirth. Use Donatello to beat hiin, .AH you 
have to do is sh«>oi up widi the Uo, and 
Big M ou sc r i s h i s t oiy. 

In level 5, fitid any Shuriken anil shoot 
it imo the eye of the guardian. Shirdder 
will ctmie next, and he's the bardesi :n)d 



most powerful of all the bosses. Use all 
your turtles to defeat him. If you fail to 
beat him, he'll turn you back to an ordi- 
naiy turtle and let you out on the street. 
That makes you a prime candidate to be- 
come a future road kill, Aaaaaaaarghl 

— Davih BUCHtN 
J,\MAICA, NY 

Ultima V: If you own a C-128, try boot- 
ing Ultima V in 128 mode. The pni- 
grani's instructions say that the game 
takes nnidi longer to load in !28 mode, 
but 1 have found that, to the contrary, 
booting in 128 mode not only loads 
faster than 64 mode with a fast-loader, 
but it also lets you listen to some catchy 
tuties <ilong your joumcys. 

DKI^rON KOIXAR 
IJIWKLLMLLE, OH 

Zak McKrackeN: When in the Bermti- 
da 'li'iangle, give either the guitar or the 
King Kan Ghib card to the King. He will 
show you how to get botne using his trans- 
porter device. He'll also let you use his 
vety accurate lottety piedicting machine. 
Ring the baken' doorbell thtit;e limes, 
and the l-'rencb baker will give yttu a stale 
loafofbix;ad. Use die monkey wrench to 
remove the pipe under the sink, put the 
bre;id in the sink, and turn on the switch. 
Use the bread crumbs in the Peruvian 
bird feetler. 

— MArr Parrv 
Chatham, On'iario, Canai>a ■ 

To stilmit ytmr mmi (l-6'l or C-128 gmm 
tips, for antsidemlum, send them to Gold 
Mi)ic, PO liiix inWli, Pittsburgh, PA 
15237. i^ilymir name, compkle address and 
Sodal Smirity number on eiiery slieet of pa- 
per ymi M'liil, and please use S'fi-hy- 1 1 -inch 
paper. Also be sure lo slate whie.h Comvmdore 
computer your tip it for. Neahie.ss and clurily 
count. RUN pays $5 per sttbmission upon 
pulilicalion. 

lb onler a book of over 1200 Gold Mitie 
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§3U3. 



DECEMBER lyjO ■ R U N 55 



geoWatch 



This month, we feature an explanation of GEO S and geoBasic, 
for both the novice and experienced user. 
By TIM WALSH 



EARLIKR THIS YEAR, RUN an- 
nounctd that it would be selling and 
supporting geoBasic, the programming 
language for GEOS. No sooner had the 
advertisement hit the newsstands, then 
RUN was struck with a barrage of let- 
ters and telephone call<>, and nnnierons 
questions were posed on QiiantumLink. 

Surprisingly, the inquiries were less 
about geoBasic and more alunit GEOS it- 
self, I realized thai many readers know- 
precious litde of what GEOS is, yet are in- 
trigued by the idea of geoBasic. With a 
sizable segment of RUN readers having 
little or no knowledge of GEOS, or even 
the concept of an operating .system, 1 ea- 
gerly accepted the opportunity to devote 
this column to new users. (Not to worry, 
experienced users— there are a few tips 
here you can lienefit from, too!) 

So, let's take a look at GEOS, followed 
by an overview of geoBasic. 

Back to Basics With GEOS 

What is GEOS? GEOS (Graphics En- 
vironment Operating System) is a pro- 
gram that creates a new operating 
system for the Commodore 8-bit com- 
puters. Developed in 1986 by Berkeley 
Softworks, the purpose of GEOS is to 
create an intuitive interface between the 
computer and the user. GEOS lets the 
user relate to the computer through a 
process of manipuladng small images, 
or icons, on the screen. The system is 
designed to be simple to use, fast and 
powerful, and it utilises a mtmse as in- 
put instead of the keyboard, much like 
the Apple Macintosh. 

'Ilie heart of the user itnerface is 
called the deskTop. It is from this 
graphic interface that all the commands 
are derived. A screen comprising pages 
of files are represented by icons. The 
idea that these pages can be "flipped" 
forward and backward was, when it first 
appeard, a new concept in computing 
for Coiiunodore users. 

Initially, the GEOS operating system 
was fraught with problems, and so it 
became the object of much Gommo- 
dore-bashiiig at users* group meetings, 
nirough constant upgrades, however, 
GEOS was eventually embraced by the 





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Commodore 8-bit communlt)'. Within 
a few years, several C-64 and C-128 
versions of GEOS were released, along 
with GEOS applications, such as geo- 
Calc (a spreadsheet progi-ani), geoHle 
(a database) and geoPublish (a desktop 
publishing package). 

Further enhancing GEOS' acceptance 
was a marked increase in GEOS-related 
files available in the public domain and 
shareware arenas. Tliese included fonts 
and utilities, along with a lot of graphics 
created using geo Paint, a GEOS color 
paint jirogram. 

If you like the sound of GEOS, but 
are tliinking it might be too complex to 
learn, relax — the GEOS operating sys- 
tem is easier to learn than just about 
any other aspect of your 64/128 system. 

With the concept of an operating sys- 
tem, the assorted applicaticms and util- 
ities and various versions of GEOS 
adding to the confusion, how do you 
get .started using GEOS? Ijet's examine 
it further. 

Getting Started 

If you haven't used GEOS before, 
there is one tJolden Rule. No matter 
how good of a discoumed deal you can 
gel on earlier versions, don't consider 
using any version issued before GEOS 
2.0 for both the 64 and 1 28. Here are 
a few reasons why. 

Eirst, only version 2.0 supports Com- 
modore's 1581 disk drive. Earlier ver- 



sions lock up the computer if a 1581 is 
detected. Second, three disk drives, in- 
cluding any combination of REUs (RAM 
expansion units) and disk drives, can be 
used with your system by tailoring 
CJEOS' Configure 2,0 program to your 
individual system. Third, more printer 
drivers arc available for later versions, 
GEOS uses small printer programs 
(printer drivers) to control printers, so 
its variety of drivers is impKjrtant, espe- 
cially for owners of rare printers. Finally, 
nndlipic files can be copied in a minimal 
amount of time by highlighting files ei- 
ther individually or globally. *I"his is a 
vast improvement over older versions of 
tJEOS that require ic(ms to be dragged 
to the border for multi-file copies. 

GEOS 2.0 cures all the earlier ver- 
sions' ills and gives the C-64 and C-128 
a real Macintosli feel. More than any- 
thing else, GEOS adds a lot of keyl)oard 
e<|uivalents to the oj>eraling system. Re- 
fer to Table I tor a list of these shortcuts. 

GeoBasic 

To the uninitiated, the name geoBasic 
probably invokes an image of just an- 
other version of Basic for your C-()4 or 
C-128. On the contrary, geoBasic is 
nuich more than an enhanced Basic 2.0, 
or even Basic 7-0. What follows are 
some of the fundamentals of geoBasic. 

GeoBasic requires GEOS in order to 
be executed. GEOS is not included with 
geoBasic, so if you don't already own 
tme, get a copy of GEOS before buying 
geoBasic. And, while it may be plainly 
obvious to experienced CEOS users, 
novice geoBasic users should note that 
existing Basic 2.0 and 7.0 programs will 
not work from wittiin geoBasic. Simi- 
larly, your geoBasic programs will not 
operate outside of GEOS. 

Most gcoliasic ajiplications will op- 
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provided they're executed from GEOS 
128 2.0 and not earlier versions, 
GeoBasic relies on a lot of C-64 Kernal 
routines and, because it was written 
with C-64 compatibility in mind, it 
comes as little surprise that some C-128 
compatibility is lacking. It's not uncom- 
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Z — Opens or executes a selected file 



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C-64/I28 disk drives are the main topic this vionth: "thumping" 
loading and accompanying an Amiga. 
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a Can my ISfl-H dhk drive lUimnge 
itself? Sometime when I'm riuDiitif^ a 
program, t shut the drive off to let it ami. 
Then, when 1 turn it back on, it may start 
"thumping"— a littte ftuter than when pre- 
paring If) fimnat a iluk—and kei'p thumping 
until 1 shut it iiff I've nhscn'ed that thii 
occurs only ii'ith jmigrams that utdize ii just- 
load technique nf some sort. !s the thumping 
my drive's fault or itn fault for shutting the 
drive off while rttnnin^a program that uses 
a fiL'it-hadnf Either way, what damage 
mighl it cause? 

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heal (for example, elevating tlie drive 
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and additional side vents for improved 
air How, Theieiore. ymi shinildn'i ex- 
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ovit of alignment. 



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on a Commodore dish. Abo, can I buy 
a double-sided disk drive that u-orh u-ith 
both t!ie C-64 and Amiga 500? 

— ALI MOKSlir.lXSOLlJK K.\lilMl 

Tkhkr-\n, IR/VN 

A The Commodore 1541 disk format 
consists of 35 tracks, numbered 1 
to 35 from outside to inside. Within each 
track are blocks, each containing up to 
'256 bytes {[ haracleis)()rdata. Blocks ai e 
also referied to as sectors. Tracks 1-17 
hold 2\ blocks each (mnnberetl 0-20). 
tracks lS-24 hold 11) blocks each (ruim- 
bercd 0- 1 8), tracks 23-;iO hold 18 blocks 
each (numbered 0-17), and tracks 'i\- 
35 hold 17 blocks each (lumibered 0- 
16). IVack 18 contains the directory and 
block ;il]ucation map (H.AM) for the disk. 
Within die other tracks, a ty[)ical data 
block cnniains two bytes that point to 
the file's next track and sector, followed 
by 254 bytes of data. 1 rack and secior 
organization for the l.')71 and 1581 are 
similar, vviih the double-sitled 1571 hav- 
ing twice the tracks in a similar block 
arrangement. 



Furtlier details on how the data, di- 
rectory and BAM are organized can be 
found in the aj)pendix section of your 
disk drive matuial. If ytni'd like more 
information beyond that, you may find 
Dick Iminers' Inside Comtm>dore DOS 
helpful. 

1 know of no disk drive sj)ecilically de- 
signed to work with both the C-64/ 128 
and Amiga. Ilowever. there are C-64 em- 
ulator programs for the Amiga that let 
you use a 15Xl-series drive, and may 
even let you use the 1 SX 1 as an auxiliary 
Amiga drive. IJnlbrttmaiely, this is a slow 
and cumbersome method oi' storing a 
lelatively sniall amount uf .Amiga data. 



QI have a 64-C Tvilh a JMl-lI disk 
drive. Recendy ! purchased a new Star 
Micronia i\'X-!Odo printer with a Xelec 
Super Craphixjr. interface, but I can' I gel 
NLClprinting with them. H'hen I power up, 
I hold down the XLQ Type Style button and 
set the printer to Courier (iS'i.Q). but when 
it comes time to print, I end up in Draft 
mode. Is this because I u.\e (iEOS? 

— K.\KI. MESOJEDNIK 

Dauphin, MwriuBA, Cvnada 

A There are a few tricks to achieving 
NLQ (near letter quality) text with 
CEOS. First, use the Commodore 10- 
point font lor your document and make 
sure the font is copied onto tfie docu- 
ment disk. Then, select all text and 
choose Nl.y Spacing from the drop- 
down jiietHi. Finally, be sine to select 
ihe NLQ [jriiil style from ihe Print Op- 
lions menu. It appears from your letter, 
[irinted in IVSW 9-point font, that you 
liave interfaced your primer correcdy 
and are using the proper CEOS printer 
driver. ■ 

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Kim Si., Peterborough, Nil 03-158. Qjieries 
are answered only through this column, and, 
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RUM'S Checksum & Program Typing Hints 



TYPK IN RUNS CHECKSUM, whkli scivl-s for both the C-M and 
for thf CM 28 in cilhtT 40- or KO-Coluinii tritxie, itnd savt- it to disk 
bcfotf rumiiiig it. When lyping in a ])rfisrarn from lii'X, first load 
and run RL'a\'\ latest version of the Checkstim program, which 
contains a new feature explained below. The screen will display a 
SYS nnniher (49 1 52 for the C-04; 33aH for tlie C-128) that deactivates 
and reactivates the Checksum. .Always disable Rl'N'i Checksum 
before attempting to run another program. Xote: Vou tan abbreviate 
Basic keywords; spates alfect the checksum only when withiti ipiotcs; 
and the order of character.^ affect.s the ihecksnni. 

When you press return aher typing in a jirograiii hne. a one-, 
IWO-, or three-digit number Irom lo 2.')") ajijjears in the h<iine 
position. Ifthis nirmber matches the checksum value in the ]!rogram 
listing, the hne as you typed it is correct. If the nuiiilier that appears 
doesn't inatch the eheeksum value, compare the line with the mag- 
azine listing to fititl your error. Then luiive the cursor hack up to 
the line and make your corrections. Now. after yon press return, 
the correct checksum value should appeal. Continue entering the 
hsling until all the lines have lieen correctly typed, 1 hen deactivate 
ZitAVs Checksum, using the appropriate SVS number, and save the 
finished ptograin. 

We sometimes get letters and phone calls from new readers who 
have typetl in the Checksum program for the first time, fhey are 
confused by rhe "Out of Data Error in Line 30" message that appears 
when they try to run ilie Checksum program. Understandably, they 
compare hne $0 of the listing wiih hne M as they typed it in, and 
cannot find anything wrong, fhe mes.sage unintetitionally misleads 
them into thinking the error is in line 'iO, wheie.is the typing mistake 
is actually .somewhere in one oi the D,ita sialemenls in lines IWKi'jO. 

So, we've added a new leatttre to the CMiecksuin program that 
alerts readers lo the number of the Data statement line in the 
Cheeksimi program where an error has actually lie en made. Note 
that this feature works only on the Checksum program itself, and 
not on any other program listing in RL'N. 

After yim've entered and .saved the C.hecksum jn'ogram to disk, 
run it. If you've made any eriors in any of the Data statements, the 
program will give you a spetitic line mmiber. Find the mistake, 
correct it, press relinn, save the progr,uii and i un il a^ain. Repeal 
this procedtire until the Checksum pmgiam runs llawlessly. 

Control Characters Demystified 

All the graphics and control characters in the listings in RUN 
have been translated into understandal)le key combinations. They 
are the instructions you see inside the curly braces. For example, 
{SH I Ff L} mean-s you hold down the shih key while you press the 
L kev (ince, Yoti do tint type in the curly braces. What appcirs on 
the screen will look (|uite dillereni from what is designated inside 
the braces. Here are siuue more examples: 

{22 Sr.\C:ES}— piess the space bar 22 times. 

{SHlKf CLR} — hold down the shift key and press the clr-home 
key once. 

{2 CRSR DNs}— press the cursor-down key twice, 

{CTRL 1}— hold down the control key and press the 1 key, 

{COM 11 T}— hold down the Commodore logo key and press the 
T key, 

{5 LB. s}— press the British pound key (£, not t) five times. 

Refer to the following paragraphs for any other Error tncs.sages 
you get from running any program listing in RUN. 

Other Error Messages 

Having heard fiom many users over the years about their diffi- 
ctihies with typing in listings, we've idciuifieci a tew recurring prob- 
lems that plague many people lint are easy lo fix. So read on and 
see if your problem is one of these. 

• Yon get an "Oiil of Data in Line xxx" message, Thi.s means that 
a program line was reading from Data statements and reached tlie 
end of tile data before it was done reading. There are two possible 
problems. 

One might be with the program line that reads the data, usually 
a For- Next loop. M.ike sure you have the proper values lor the loop, 
Ijccause if, for example, the listing has a loop ofO to I nO, and you've 
typed [) to 1(}0, you'll get the Out of Data message. If the loop is 



correct, then the problem tics in the Data statements thetnsclvea. 
One possibility is that you omitted a whole line of data. That's easy 
enough to hnd and correct. It's more likely that you've skipped one 
or more individual data items eir lyped in a period instead of a 
comma, which causes two data values to be read as one number. 
Check your typing catefuUy against the listing. Using RUN'S Check- 
sum program when you type in listings from the magazine should 
help in this case. 

• You get an "Illegal Quantity Error in Line xxx" mes.sage. This 
means you've lead a number from a Data statement and tried to 
poke il into a memory address. The ei ror occurs because the number 
is larger than 2").') (the largest value a memory address can contain), 
which means that somewhere in your Data statements you've made 
an error by typing in a number larger than 255. Again, this is easy 
to check for and correct. First look in yotir Data statements for a 
numlier larger than 255. You might have added an extra digit, or 
perhaps you ran two numbers together (23456 insteatl of 234,56). 

• Yini get a "Syntax Error in Line xxx" message. This could be almost 
any tiling. What it tells you is that there is something wrimg in the 
indic.ited line. I'sually you've misspelled a Basic keyword or omitted 
some re<;uireil character List die line and examine h carefully. 

• You get an "F.rror in Data" message. This occurs in programs that 
add up all the data as read, and, when finished, compares that sum 
with what it should be if the data were typed in correctly. If it isn't 
the same, it means an error somewhere in typing the Data statements, 
C".o back and check the data caiehilly. Correct the misiake(s), save 
the new version and try again, 

• Finally, we ui ge everyone who intends to type in one of our listings 
to use HUN\ t^hetksunt program, which will help you avoid every 
mistake we've mentioned above, except that it wtui't detect the 
omission of a luie. W 



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IS REM RUN'S CHECKSUM 64/128 - BOB KODADEK 

20 MO=138:SA=332B:IF PEEK (40960) THEN MO=54: SA=491 52 

30 I=0:CK = fi:CH = ^;LM«190 

40 FOR K=^ TO 16 

50 FOR J=1 TO 10:REAO BtIF B)255 THEN GOTO 17(t 

Bi CH=CH+B:POKE Sfl+I,B;I=I+1 INEXT 

Ti READ LC 

8I( IF LCOCH THEN GOTO 170 

Bi ai=0:LN=LN+10 

100 NEXT K 

110 POKESAtll0,240;POKESA+l 1 1 , 38: POKESA+1 1^,234 

120 PRINTCI1R$(147)STR$(M0)" RUN CHECKSUM" : PRINT 

130 PRINT"'rO TOGGLE ON OR OFF, SYS"SA:IF MO!.12a TtiEN 1 

60 
140 POKESA+1 3, lZ4:POKESA+lS,165:POKESA+25,124:POKESA+2 

6,165 
1 50 POKESA+39,20:POKESA+41 ,21 : POKESA+1 23, 2i) 5: POKESA+1 2 

4,189 
160 POKESA+4,INT(SA/256):SyS SA:NEW 

170 PRINT"YOU HAVE A DATA ERROR IN LINE ";LN;"t":END 
la0 HEM 130 NOT CHANGE THESE DATA STATEMENTS I 
190 DATA 120,162,24,160,13,173,4,3,201,24,884 
200 DATA 208,4,162,13,160,67,142,4,3,140,903 
210 DATA 5,3,38,96,32,13,67,152,72,169,697 
220 DATA 0,141,0,255,133,176,133,180,166,22,1206 
230 DATA 164,23,134,167,132,168,170,189,0,2,1149 
240 DATA 240,58,201,48,144,7,201,58,176,3,1136 
250 DATA 232,208,240,189,0,2,240,42,201,32,1386 
260 DATA 208,4,164,160,240,31,201,34,208,6,1276 
270 DATA 165,180,73,1,133,180,230,176,164,176,1478 
280 DATA 165,167,24,125,0,2,133,167,165,168,1116 
290 DATA 105,0,133,168,136,208,239,232,208,209,1638 
300 DATA 169,42,32,210,255,165,167,69,168,170,1447 
310 DATA 169,0,33,50,142,169,32,32,210,255,1091 
320 DATA 32,210,255,169,13,32,210,255,104,168,1448 
330 DATA 96,104,170,24,32,240,255,104,168,96,1289 
340 DATA 56,32,240,255,138,72,152,72,24,162,1203 
350 DATA 0,160,0,32,240,255,169,42,208,198,1304 ■ 



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